I think Main should be for posts that directly pertain to rationality. This post doesn’t seem to do that.
That said, my standards for what belongs in main seem somewhat different from those of other users. For instance I think “The Robots, AI, and Unemployment Anti-FAQ” belongs in Discussion as well, and that post is not only in Main but promoted to boot.
The material in your post seems especially important or useful.
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(At least one of) LW’s primary goal(s) is to get people thinking about far future scenarios to improve the world. LW is about rationality, but it is also about ethics. Whether anti-speciesism is especially important or useful is something that people have different opinions on, but the question itself is clearly important because it may lead to different/adjusted prioritizing in practice.
I disagree with the FAQ in that respect (among others—see for instance my thoughts on the use of the term “tapping out”). My preference is that people only post to Main if their post discusses core Less Wrong topics, and maybe not even then.
I would prefer to see posts like this in the Discussion section.
May I ask why?
I think Main should be for posts that directly pertain to rationality. This post doesn’t seem to do that.
That said, my standards for what belongs in main seem somewhat different from those of other users. For instance I think “The Robots, AI, and Unemployment Anti-FAQ” belongs in Discussion as well, and that post is not only in Main but promoted to boot.
Since grandparent received so many upvotes, I’m going to explain my reasoning for posting in Main:
Rules of thumb:
(At least one of) LW’s primary goal(s) is to get people thinking about far future scenarios to improve the world. LW is about rationality, but it is also about ethics. Whether anti-speciesism is especially important or useful is something that people have different opinions on, but the question itself is clearly important because it may lead to different/adjusted prioritizing in practice.
I disagree with the FAQ in that respect (among others—see for instance my thoughts on the use of the term “tapping out”). My preference is that people only post to Main if their post discusses core Less Wrong topics, and maybe not even then.
Upvoted for the “directly pertain to rationality” rule of thumb; I agree with that. That said, I thought that the Anti-FAQ was appropriate for Main.
The anti-FAQ was of much higher quality.