Commenting here to explain how I voted on this comment (since it was unusual): downvoted the comment and agreed with it. I think the point stands that LW often misses things others have done and it’s worth connecting them, but downvoted for being snarky about it. Yes, reinventing things is a thing LW is notorious for, but I personally don’t want to see a social dynamic take hold like exists on sites like Hacker News and many subreddits where people become afraid to post because they’ll get harsh comments.
It feels rather funny when LW rediscovers the ideas of famous philosophers and acts as if they were the first to think about them.
Commenting here to explain how I voted on this comment (since it was unusual): downvoted the comment and agreed with it. I think the point stands that LW often misses things others have done and it’s worth connecting them, but downvoted for being snarky about it. Yes, reinventing things is a thing LW is notorious for, but I personally don’t want to see a social dynamic take hold like exists on sites like Hacker News and many subreddits where people become afraid to post because they’ll get harsh comments.