The lack of a willingness to pursue both different ideas and expanded ideas prevents me from commenting. There’s too much of a focus on probability, with a false understanding of what constitutes a “point of evidence”, and a general inability to navigate a probability cloud with the understanding that all points inside are possible answers.
When I do comment, I get voted down even if my post is a good point. There seems to be no willingness to communicate to non-insiders. There also isn’t a system available which supports non-insiders, something which is necessary to make newcomers feel safe. (bold because it’s both important and easy to understand). I can’t get positive karma.
The comment system itself only supports a good 100-200 comments. It’s too daunting of a task to read every one, and it’s impossible to search for useful information. Most of the problem here is a programming problem which cannot be solved by anyone who doesn’t have direct access to their subconscious mind, which is the majority of LW.
I think, if you want to expand further, and attract more people, you have to expand your mind further: out into the probability field of the unknown. In the end, after you’ve figured out what’s right and what’s wrong, and are in the state of exploring probability fields, focusing on right vs wrong is detrimental to determining what’s actually right and what’s actually wrong. There is no right vs wrong in a probability field; not until all possibilities have been explored. “more right” and “more wrong” are deceiving impossibilities in a chaotic fractal algorithm.
Exploring the probability field is what people with access to their subconscious mind do. Most people don’t even have access to their conscious mind. If you want to uplift people, take into account that they can’t even think on purpose. (seriously. It’s not that it’s impossible for them, they just don’t know that it’s possible)
Of course, I’m one to talk. I need to figure out how to give people direct access to their karma, which is one big step beyond the subconscious mind. I, many-a-time, made the mistake of assuming people here have access to their subconscious.
When I do comment, I get voted down even if my post is a good point.
Not systematically—you have some upvoted comments, some downvoted ones, and some at zero. That’s an informative set. You’re being told “more of this, less of that”. It may not be clear yet what distinguishes this from that.
Try figuring out the pattern. Take it as a puzzle.
The comment system itself only supports a good 100-200 comments. It’s too daunting of a task to read every one, and it’s impossible to search for useful information. Most of the problem here is a programming problem which cannot be solved by anyone who doesn’t have direct access to their subconscious mind, which is the majority of LW.
I agree that the comment system could be much improved, but I don’t see where direct access to one’s subconscious fits into that.
I feel the urge to downvote you because I have no idea what you are talking about and you are tripping a lot of the usual quack-alarms. Usually, this is because you (generalized to refer to all people to which I have this reaction) don’t know what you’re talking about, and are not using our language.
As for why it’s important to use our language, consider that any idiot can talk like an outsider, and most of the people who can talk the talk around here are also saying intelligent things. As for the danger of excluding good ideas from outside, I’ve found that I can usually understand outsiders who have something valuable to say.
You are obviously intelligent, but if you want to contribute, you kindof have to read a lot of our background info. I’d like to make this easier, but right now, it’s a slog. Good luck.
Suggesting that a newbie read one million words (literally) before posting doesn’t sound that helpful to me. RationalWiki used to criticize LessWrong for that.
The sequences actually are worth reading. More than the majority of comments on this site, I’d say. The original commenter actually mentioned trying to read every comment. In comparison to the entire comment content of the site, the sequences are not only far more concise but better quality and a much better time investment in general.
“We don’t need more clueless users making confused comments resulting in more responses that try and fail to summarize the sequences in 100 words.”
I’m not sure what to make of your post, honestly. There’s a lot of seemingly New-Age BS catchphrases/language, but it seems like you’re trying to say something.
Posts which may help you, for starters: What is Evidence?, 37 Ways Words Can be Wrong Do not attempt to read all the Sequences at once, there’s way too much material to do that.
LW is not exactly an easy community to get into.
The lack of a willingness to pursue both different ideas and expanded ideas prevents me from commenting. There’s too much of a focus on probability, with a false understanding of what constitutes a “point of evidence”, and a general inability to navigate a probability cloud with the understanding that all points inside are possible answers.
When I do comment, I get voted down even if my post is a good point. There seems to be no willingness to communicate to non-insiders. There also isn’t a system available which supports non-insiders, something which is necessary to make newcomers feel safe. (bold because it’s both important and easy to understand). I can’t get positive karma.
The comment system itself only supports a good 100-200 comments. It’s too daunting of a task to read every one, and it’s impossible to search for useful information. Most of the problem here is a programming problem which cannot be solved by anyone who doesn’t have direct access to their subconscious mind, which is the majority of LW.
I think, if you want to expand further, and attract more people, you have to expand your mind further: out into the probability field of the unknown. In the end, after you’ve figured out what’s right and what’s wrong, and are in the state of exploring probability fields, focusing on right vs wrong is detrimental to determining what’s actually right and what’s actually wrong. There is no right vs wrong in a probability field; not until all possibilities have been explored. “more right” and “more wrong” are deceiving impossibilities in a chaotic fractal algorithm.
Exploring the probability field is what people with access to their subconscious mind do. Most people don’t even have access to their conscious mind. If you want to uplift people, take into account that they can’t even think on purpose. (seriously. It’s not that it’s impossible for them, they just don’t know that it’s possible)
Of course, I’m one to talk. I need to figure out how to give people direct access to their karma, which is one big step beyond the subconscious mind. I, many-a-time, made the mistake of assuming people here have access to their subconscious.
Not systematically—you have some upvoted comments, some downvoted ones, and some at zero. That’s an informative set. You’re being told “more of this, less of that”. It may not be clear yet what distinguishes this from that.
Try figuring out the pattern. Take it as a puzzle.
I agree that the comment system could be much improved, but I don’t see where direct access to one’s subconscious fits into that.
Have you read the sequences?
I feel the urge to downvote you because I have no idea what you are talking about and you are tripping a lot of the usual quack-alarms. Usually, this is because you (generalized to refer to all people to which I have this reaction) don’t know what you’re talking about, and are not using our language.
As for why it’s important to use our language, consider that any idiot can talk like an outsider, and most of the people who can talk the talk around here are also saying intelligent things. As for the danger of excluding good ideas from outside, I’ve found that I can usually understand outsiders who have something valuable to say.
You are obviously intelligent, but if you want to contribute, you kindof have to read a lot of our background info. I’d like to make this easier, but right now, it’s a slog. Good luck.
Suggesting that a newbie read one million words (literally) before posting doesn’t sound that helpful to me. RationalWiki used to criticize LessWrong for that.
A better suggestion would be the About page, the FAQ and the Welcome thread.
The sequences actually are worth reading. More than the majority of comments on this site, I’d say. The original commenter actually mentioned trying to read every comment. In comparison to the entire comment content of the site, the sequences are not only far more concise but better quality and a much better time investment in general.
“We don’t need more clueless users making confused comments resulting in more responses that try and fail to summarize the sequences in 100 words.”
I’m not sure what to make of your post, honestly. There’s a lot of seemingly New-Age BS catchphrases/language, but it seems like you’re trying to say something.
Posts which may help you, for starters: What is Evidence?, 37 Ways Words Can be Wrong Do not attempt to read all the Sequences at once, there’s way too much material to do that.