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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.
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.