Vaniver comments on Who owns LessWrong? - Less Wrong

6 Post author: PhilGoetz 29 September 2011 04:22PM

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Comment author: Vaniver 29 September 2011 07:18:21PM 24 points [-]

Ignoring the request to go meta in the direction you went:

Look, Eliezer obviously pattern-matches too harshly when it comes to group selection (recent example). That appears to be the root problem here. What is the best way to solve that problem?

Comment author: MarkusRamikin 02 October 2011 09:45:51AM 4 points [-]

Well, we tried heavy downvoting there, do you think it'll work? ;)

But in any case, it seems the problem is the lack of a policy for resolving edit disagreements. When it becomes possible for some minor aspect of Eliezer's way of thinking to be referred to as "the root" of what's blown up as a whole policy issue, something is wrong.

Comment author: lessdazed 02 October 2011 04:31:23PM *  3 points [-]

the problem is the lack of a policy

It's beginning to look like the problem isn't the lack of a policy but the policy of having a lack of policies.

Comment author: wedrifid 29 September 2011 09:19:18PM *  9 points [-]

Look, Eliezer obviously pattern-matches too harshly when it comes to group selection (recent example). That appears to be the root problem here. What is the best way to solve that problem?

I think you're handling it rather well already. Downvotes and polite but clear public criticism. :)