I don’t disagree with most of this, but I also don’t want to see very much current politics here. Even for important things, if there’s not a tie to rationality methods or theory (NOT “rationalists should/do lean this way”), we don’t have a comparative advantage in hosting the discussion.
The current equilibrium of it being discouraged overall, but high-status posters can get away with it if they feel strongly and present it well, seems about right to me.
To state it explicitly, only a good presentation seems necessary to me. I have a pretty high bar for this, but it doesn’t depend on people agreeing with me or already being popular. I expect good presentation is very concise and is closer to simple english, to avoid words whose meaning is in heavy dispute. I also expect it’ll focus primarily on policies, and perhaps on types of communication, not on groups of people. I also expect it’ll mostly avoid value judgements, even if everyone involved has strong value judgements about the involved concepts. OP’s post seems like some attempt at this, but insufficient to my view for the high standards of the topic.
I don’t disagree with most of this, but I also don’t want to see very much current politics here. Even for important things, if there’s not a tie to rationality methods or theory (NOT “rationalists should/do lean this way”), we don’t have a comparative advantage in hosting the discussion.
The current equilibrium of it being discouraged overall, but high-status posters can get away with it if they feel strongly and present it well, seems about right to me.
To state it explicitly, only a good presentation seems necessary to me. I have a pretty high bar for this, but it doesn’t depend on people agreeing with me or already being popular. I expect good presentation is very concise and is closer to simple english, to avoid words whose meaning is in heavy dispute. I also expect it’ll focus primarily on policies, and perhaps on types of communication, not on groups of people. I also expect it’ll mostly avoid value judgements, even if everyone involved has strong value judgements about the involved concepts. OP’s post seems like some attempt at this, but insufficient to my view for the high standards of the topic.