Of course, if you put something like that in the FAQ or about page, right there for eager new members to read, a lot of them are bound to go looking for it. Forbidden knowledge is tantalizing.
As an eager new member who did exactly that, I have to say I don’t see what the big fuss is about. It seems to be one big case of privileging the hypothesis.
I’d like to have some way to discuss the basilisk with others who have already seen it, if it would be possible to do so without the forbidden-fruit problem.
Some aspects of the basilisk are currently beingdiscussed and have been discussed even before the original basilisk was proposed. You just need to connect the dots and be able to recognize them.
I don’t see the purpose of such discussion. All the posts which are not criticising Roko’s argument will be downvoted into oblivion. That’s not a discussion, it’s a monologue. The only aspect of this mess worth discussing any more is the censorship itself.
(I think it was uncalled for. We have downvoting for a reason.)
‘Oblivion’ is not true oblivion. Heavily downvoted comments are still visible if you look. I found myself peeking at negative karma comments so often that I have simply eliminated the visibility threshold.
Of course, if you put something like that in the FAQ or about page, right there for eager new members to read, a lot of them are bound to go looking for it. Forbidden knowledge is tantalizing.
As an eager new member who did exactly that, I have to say I don’t see what the big fuss is about. It seems to be one big case of privileging the hypothesis.
I’d like to have some way to discuss the basilisk with others who have already seen it, if it would be possible to do so without the forbidden-fruit problem.
Some aspects of the basilisk are currently being discussed and have been discussed even before the original basilisk was proposed. You just need to connect the dots and be able to recognize them.
I don’t see the purpose of such discussion. All the posts which are not criticising Roko’s argument will be downvoted into oblivion. That’s not a discussion, it’s a monologue. The only aspect of this mess worth discussing any more is the censorship itself.
(I think it was uncalled for. We have downvoting for a reason.)
‘Oblivion’ is not true oblivion. Heavily downvoted comments are still visible if you look. I found myself peeking at negative karma comments so often that I have simply eliminated the visibility threshold.
True. Still, it’s an incentive not to make posts that will negatively impact your karma.