Because his approach does not conform to established epistemic norms on LessWrong, Adrian feels pressure to cloak and obscure how he develops his ideas. One way in which this manifests is his two-step writing process. When Adrian works on LessWrong posts, he first develops ideas through his free-form approach. After that, he heavily edits the structure of the text, adding citations, rationalisations and legible arguments before posting it. If he doesn’t “translate” his writing, rationalists might simply dismiss what he has to say.
cf Limits to legibility ; yes, strong norms/incentives for “legibility” have this negative impact.
cf Limits to legibility ; yes, strong norms/incentives for “legibility” have this negative impact.