Well yes of course only pay attention if they have something to say worth listening to. But imo this is pretty rare so it’s worth putting up with some rudeness to get.
Wrt your “don’t understand” react, my point being information sources that are contentful, high-density and have high KL-divergence wrt your existing sources of information are rare. And of course one reason they might be high-divergence is that they are in a distinct social cluster with distinct norms, possible even tribally opposed to your usual information sources. IMO most rationalists do not read widely enough in this sense.
Well yes of course only pay attention if they have something to say worth listening to. But imo this is pretty rare so it’s worth putting up with some rudeness to get.
Wrt your “don’t understand” react, my point being information sources that are contentful, high-density and have high KL-divergence wrt your existing sources of information are rare. And of course one reason they might be high-divergence is that they are in a distinct social cluster with distinct norms, possible even tribally opposed to your usual information sources. IMO most rationalists do not read widely enough in this sense.
Okay, I think I get what you mean. Still disagree with your comment but I already listed why in the comment before, so not getting into it more.