Kevin comments on Simon Conway Morris: "Aliens are likely to look and behave like us". - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kevin 25 January 2010 04:31:52PM *  10 points [-]

Posting something suspect to allow the community to debunk it seems reasonable -- you yourself don't have to take notice, but let other people dismiss it for you. I suppose this could become a problem if people start asking the community to debunk outrageously stupid things as top level posts, but the karma incentives should work to minimize this. Personally, I'm prepared to blow my karma in order to get answers to things that I don't know.

I agree that in the site's current form, link sharing is often best relegated to the open thread.

Are we missing a January 2010 meta-thread or can I just not find it?

Comment author: radical_negative_one 25 January 2010 05:50:11PM 1 point [-]

The January Open Thread is here.

Comment author: Jack 25 January 2010 10:19:37PM 0 points [-]

No one has made a meta-thread for this month.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 January 2010 10:44:47PM 1 point [-]

Meta-threads should be seasonal, not monthly (i.e. Winter 2010).