I think many LW ideas are fun to explore, but that doesn’t require believing them, anymore than studying hyperbolic geometry requires believing that the earth is a hyperbole. If you want to do interesting intellectual work (which is my main reason for being here), questions like “where does this idea lead to?” are more fruitful than “is this idea deeply true?”
I think many LW ideas are fun to explore, but that doesn’t require believing them, anymore than studying hyperbolic geometry requires believing that the earth is a hyperbole. If you want to do interesting intellectual work (which is my main reason for being here), questions like “where does this idea lead to?” are more fruitful than “is this idea deeply true?”