katydee comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (2010-2011) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 12 August 2010 08:13:06AM 6 points [-]

My impression is that Hacker News is above average, but still a noticeable notch below LW. Same goes for sites like the Richard Dawkins and JREF forums (perhaps two notches in those cases), and the comments sections of blogs of various academics (such as Overcoming Bias).

Comment author: katydee 12 August 2010 10:36:34AM 5 points [-]

Skeptical sites are good, but not great, because being a good skeptic is different from being a good rational thinker. You can probably get by as a skeptic knowing only "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" and the basics of the scientific method.