I can give a data point in favor of this approach: I've gotten at least one person to view this site (and even link to it on a few occasions) by showing them pages of interest; specifically of interest to them were "37 Ways That Words Can Be Wrong", the "The Neglected Virtue of Scholarship" and "The Best Textbooks on Every Subject". This person was an atheist with a predilection for autodidactism.
I've recently been trying to introduce some of my friends to less wrong. As a starting point I've linked them to HP:MOR and 'Three worlds collide' on the basis that they are both entertaining and accessible. But I'm not sure where to go next. Sending them to a main index page would likely be overwhelming, so could you suggest some sample articles to give them a general flavour of less wrong and envourage them to read more?
Qualities for such articles would probably include being:
What would you suggest?
[As I'm still a relative novice myself, apologies if a similar discussion has been had in the past and I haven't stumbled across it.]