I disagree extraordinarily strongly with the statement
...you don't need to see the exact math to be taught most of this stuff
and the implication that one can learn "relevant lessons of QM" without actually learning QM.
Here are my comments on the QM sequence, which summarize my current stance. I welcome objections or corrections.
For both "Amplitude Configurations" and "Joint Configurations", you summarised it just fine without mentioning complex numbers (except to note that this is the formal notation used). This would be an example of "being able to teach the lessons/concepts of QM, without teaching the math" - you can leave out the complex numbers entirely, and just present the ideas.
I'm only about halfway finished, but it hasn't shown any signs of getting particularly more mathematical.
Mind you, I absolutely love that Eliezer is teaching the math, ...
Recently reporters from two major national magazines contacted me in preparation for doing stories on Bitcoin. This reminded me that Wired magazine did a cover story on the Cypherpunks in its second issue. I think the LessWrong community is already larger and more active than Cypherpunks were back then, and potentially more influential, but there hasn't been much publicity on us. I'm tempted to suggest doing a story on LessWrong to one of the reporters. Is this a good idea, or bad?
More generally, do we want more publicity, and if so what's the best way to go about getting it?
ETA: Would it be bad etiquette to reveal the names of these magazines at this point, or even to say as much as I've said?