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You're not really ready for this site, I'm afraid. Why don't you have a read of some of the posts that brought us here, such as the Twelve Virtues of Rationality, A Technical Explanation of Technical Explanation, or some of these posts on sister site Overcoming Bias and see if what we're doing here is something you can get behind. Sorry!
We talk a lot about bringing new people in to the community, well, here they are.
Not to imply that you're doing it wrong, but has any thought been put in to how to better handle these sorts of situations?
I think we've barely started to talk about how to attract new people; there are no top-level posts I can think of about whether we want to attract new people, or what sort if so, or how to go about it.
In any case, we definitely don't want just any new people at this stage; we want people who buy into the fundamentals of what we're trying to do here, and we want people who can express themselves clearly.
ama, if you're reading this: Although I have chosen to engage with what you write rather than dismissing it, I entirely agree with ciphergoth that you appear to be either unready for LW or out of sympathy with its goals.
Of course, it's possible that actually you're way ahead of us, and that what looks like word salad to us (at least, to me and Vladimir Nesov, and I'm guessing to others too) really is the Expression of Deep Truth that I think you think it is. In which case, you would do well to make the effort to make what you say comprehensible and explicit.
(If you are not interested in clarity and comprehensibility, then it is unlikely that you will be of much help to us, no matter how excellent your thoughts may be.)