Well, yes, we all know that politics is the mind-killer, so what else is new?
I don’t think that this is a particularly valid reason to run like hell when politics show up. It reminds me too much of the streetlight principle and at some point you need to get out of the kindergarten and start dealing with the real world.
At some point, yes. Kindergarten is actually a great metaphor. If you’re five, and you run out of the kindergarten, you hit a bus and die.
You can either talk about politics in the way people currently do it—a way completely removed from any sort of disciplined, rational type of thinking—or not talk about it at all. It seems that a community dedicated to refining the art of human rationality should strive not to jump head-first into the current but to refine rationality to the point where our brains are capable of discussing politics rationally.
You can either talk about politics in the way people currently do it—a way completely removed from any sort of disciplined, rational type of thinking—or not talk about it at all.
Why is this strange binary choice? All or nothing is rarely a good way to approach things. Besides, most of conversation on LW will not satisfy your criteria of “objective, rigorous, and grounded in experimental observation”.
should strive not to jump head-first into the current
Yes, yes, this essay is quite well-known, you do not need to repeat its point over and over.
Well, yes, we all know that politics is the mind-killer, so what else is new?
I don’t think that this is a particularly valid reason to run like hell when politics show up. It reminds me too much of the streetlight principle and at some point you need to get out of the kindergarten and start dealing with the real world.
At some point, yes. Kindergarten is actually a great metaphor. If you’re five, and you run out of the kindergarten, you hit a bus and die.
You can either talk about politics in the way people currently do it—a way completely removed from any sort of disciplined, rational type of thinking—or not talk about it at all. It seems that a community dedicated to refining the art of human rationality should strive not to jump head-first into the current but to refine rationality to the point where our brains are capable of discussing politics rationally.
We are far from that point.
I’m not five.
Why is this strange binary choice? All or nothing is rarely a good way to approach things. Besides, most of conversation on LW will not satisfy your criteria of “objective, rigorous, and grounded in experimental observation”.
Yes, yes, this essay is quite well-known, you do not need to repeat its point over and over.