However, it seems to me that suspected Langford basilisks are part of the material of LessWrong.
It seems to me that Eliezer’s response as moderator of LessWrong strongly implies that he does not believe this is the case. Your goal, then, would be to convince Eliezer that it ought to be part of the LessWrong syllabus, as it were. Cialdini’s Influence and other texts would probably advise you to work within his restrictions and conform to his desires as much as practical—on a site like LessWrong, though, I am not sure how applicable the advice would be, and in any case I don’t mean to be prescriptive about it.
It seems to me that Eliezer’s response as moderator of LessWrong strongly implies that he does not believe this is the case. Your goal, then, would be to convince Eliezer that it ought to be part of the LessWrong syllabus, as it were. Cialdini’s Influence and other texts would probably advise you to work within his restrictions and conform to his desires as much as practical—on a site like LessWrong, though, I am not sure how applicable the advice would be, and in any case I don’t mean to be prescriptive about it.
Right. I see a few paths to do that that may work (and no, holding the future hostage is not one of them).