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Isn't LessWrong a pseudo-intellectual personality cult with lots of big words but little substance? I wonder how one can produce this much output tho.
by a-nikolaev 7y ago
Isn't LessWrong a pseudo-intellectual personality cult with lots of big words but little substance? I wonder how one can produce this much output tho.
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- chalst 7y agoIt is certainly not pseudo-intellectual: people with impeccable academic credentials like David Chalmers and Stuart Russell take it seriously.
- keanzu 7y agoYou've responded to a loaded question [1] with an argument from authority. [2] In this circumstance I would recommend not engaging at all. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority
- ASalazarMX 7y agoCalling out fallacies too early should be a fallacy by itself. The parent is not settling matters with a fallacy, he's providing branches we can investigate to judge if Less Wrong is worth reading. Should we censor facts because they might be classified as argument from authority?
- Isamu 7y agoJust a bit long-winded, I think. It probably boils down into some useful stuff, but I'm not entirely sure because the here-we-go-again prose pushes me away. It's not crankery, certainly.
- a-nikolaev 7y agoYeah I agree. I think I feel the same about their work actually.. Calling it "pseudo-intellectual" is too provocative on my part.