We need to get more skilled at our rationality first.
The fact that I’m not entirely sure what you mean when you say this is quite damning. What would it even mean for people to become ‘more skilled at rationality’? Like, concretely. How would you measure it?
I know it when I see it. I know when someone is miles ahead of me and I get surprised that there are things so well documented that I can easily absorb into my life.
Surprise is hard to measure but not impossible. “impressed” is another hard to measure but not important.
I suppose if pageviews count were public that would be feedback. Independent of stated compliments.
The other thing that is obvious is comment count. While not always a good thing, comments are information that a discussion is present.
The fact that I’m not entirely sure what you mean when you say this is quite damning. What would it even mean for people to become ‘more skilled at rationality’? Like, concretely. How would you measure it?
I know it when I see it. I know when someone is miles ahead of me and I get surprised that there are things so well documented that I can easily absorb into my life.
Surprise is hard to measure but not impossible. “impressed” is another hard to measure but not important.
I suppose if pageviews count were public that would be feedback. Independent of stated compliments.
The other thing that is obvious is comment count. While not always a good thing, comments are information that a discussion is present.