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LessWrong is another altar at which your worship should include a grain of salt. They have quite a lot of great articles but they often fail to do a sanity che
by causality0 6y ago
LessWrong is another altar at which your worship should include a grain of salt. They have quite a lot of great articles but they often fail to do a sanity check when their conclusions become ridiculous. See also, the Roko's basilisk stupidity.
- a1369209993 6y agoThat is as true or more of every altar[0], so I'm not sure what your point is. 0: "Worship me without salt or die!" is a reason to engage in premeditated deicide, not worship.
- causality0 6y agoReading the articles it's very easy to get an impression that LessWrong is a "best of the best" community.
- a1369209993 6y agoThey are. But that's a very depressing statement about everyone else. About them it's more damning with faint praise.