A couple of initial thoughts I had whilst reading this. Take these as more of pondering on my state of mind rather than critiques or corrections.
Without some more formal structure in place, the nature of which I’m unaware, I am not able to “assess” content for correctness or usefulness.
I find this curiously foreign to my default mode of thinking when reading on LW and elsewhere. It is not uncommon for me to find myself thinking “that seems wrong” and “that seems right” within a single paragraph of content from writers I think are the “rightest”. On the other hand, I usually do not feel as confident about my assessment in either direction as you seem to be in your post.
That being said...
My reaction to rationalist content is governed by my frame of mind.
I assume this to be the case with all content and I’ve always assumed it holds for everyone and it hasn’t occurred to me to think of rationalist content as different in this way, but seeing you state it “out loud” makes me think maybe I should have.
A couple of initial thoughts I had whilst reading this. Take these as more of pondering on my state of mind rather than critiques or corrections.
I find this curiously foreign to my default mode of thinking when reading on LW and elsewhere. It is not uncommon for me to find myself thinking “that seems wrong” and “that seems right” within a single paragraph of content from writers I think are the “rightest”. On the other hand, I usually do not feel as confident about my assessment in either direction as you seem to be in your post.
That being said...
I assume this to be the case with all content and I’ve always assumed it holds for everyone and it hasn’t occurred to me to think of rationalist content as different in this way, but seeing you state it “out loud” makes me think maybe I should have.