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wedrifid comments on Rationality and Relationships September 2011 - Less Wrong
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I think this is a very bad idea, considering the record of past discussions about sex, gender, and related matters on LW. I've seen quite a few of those, and almost inevitably, the result is either an awful death spiral or, in case someone tries injecting a serious dose of reality, quarrels and internet drama. If the recent discussions superficially look better than usual, this is only because nobody has bothered much with trying to steer them closer to reality, and the death spirals have been able to drift away happily and undisturbedly.
For whatever reason, this forum has shown to be incapable of conducting rational discussions about these topics. This is a sad verdict, but I'm afraid it's realistic.
Perhaps even more important than the 'death spirals' is that of a subject-limited evaporative cooling of beliefs.
Good point. I agree.
Why subject limited?
If discussion of a certain topic results in one sided and disproportionate unpleasantness, driving out certain folk, this is likely to affect a wide range of subjects, since one can usually infer that if someone is intolerant of belief X, he is intolerant of beliefs Y and Z. Intolerance usually reflects a belief system which is apt to have an official line on just about everything.
Since mentioning the most obvious and important example of such a belief system is apt to have adverse consequences, I will mention a substantially less important and less menacing example of such a belief system, that of the Ayn Rand institute.
Just the zoom setting. I wasn't talking about plausible broad ramification - even though they obviously do exist.
Indeed.