Something for those of us from the Bardic Conspiracy.
The actual causal reason I suggest this is because I like Less Wrong and I think good prose is a valuable skill and therefore want these things to intersect. However, I could also rationalize...
(beware of persuasion)
Rationality:art::medicine:transhumanism. Clearly there is such a thing as good and bad art; therefore being good at it must be a comprehensible skill, which can be studied and formalized into a proper field of engineering. LW seems uniquely well-qualified to do so, and the project, if successful, should even be able to help raise support to fight existential risk -- "The one thing that actually has seemed to raise credibility, is famous people associating with the organization, like Peter Thiel funding us, or Ray Kurzweil on the Board."
Are there any areas of study that you feel are underrepresented here, and would be interesting and useful to lesswrongers?
I feel some topics are getting old (Omega, drama about moderation policy, a newcomer telling us our lack of admiration for his ideas is proof of groupthink, Friendly AI, Cryonics, Epistemic vs. Instrumental Rationality, lamenting how we're a bunch of self-centered nerds, etc. ...), and with a bit of luck, we might have some lurkers that are knowledgeable about interesting areas, and didn't think they could contribute.
Please stick to one topic per comment, so that highly-upvoted topics stand out more clearly.