Vladimir_Nesov comments on A Less Wrong Q&A with Eliezer (Step 1: The Proposition) - Less Wrong

16 Post author: MichaelGR 29 October 2009 03:04PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 29 October 2009 05:05:06PM *  1 point [-]

I agree that the way this post is written is kinda cultish (MichaelGR, wake up!), but the idea of interviews isn't at all. On the other hand, such things should be cleared with the interviewee first.

Comment author: MichaelGR 29 October 2009 05:50:30PM 4 points [-]

Wake up from what? Guess I should've added a disclaimer about some parts of this being tongue-in-cheek to avoid the "cultish" accusations... I thought it was pretty transparent, but I guess nothing is obvious on the internet.

Anyway, I think Eliezer has a lot of interesting things to say and the BHTV episodes have left me on my appetite.

What's cultish about wanting to set up a Q&A (something that Slashdot, Digg, etc have been doing for a long time)?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 29 October 2009 05:55:12PM 0 points [-]

What's cultish about wanting to set up a Q&A (something that Slashdot, Digg, etc have been doing for a long time)?

That was covered by the "idea of interviews isn't [cultish] at all", while tongue-in-cheek part obviously didn't register.

Comment author: MichaelGR 29 October 2009 06:13:14PM *  2 points [-]

My mistake was probably to carry assumptions I have about other online communities to Less Wrong, where the rules are different. I guess next time I'll just write:

"Anyone interested in doing a Q&A? If so, I suggest we find someone to interview and then rank questions by voting."