Give us an example you say.
Code is destiny.
I mainly interact through the recent comments screen. Consequently I don't always know what had proceeded, and didn't here. If excessive drilling is a problem, I think we have found a major reason why, and it is fixable in many ways.
I barely cared about the cult aspect, and that's why I didn't say anything about it and just pointed. I realize the cult aspect was central to your thinking even as the level issue was the one I cared about.
I also realize that I myself am not being overly polite right now, and I apologize.
I honestly didn't notice.
I know that recommending the sequences is the LW version of "Fuck you".
I agree, which is why I have never once ever recommended that a person read the sequences...I think. I have frequently recommended posts, wiki entries, entire sequences minus 1/3 of their content, etc. That's because it actually provides useful information. In your case I didn't recommend you read them, but asked if you had, as I wasn't sure.
TED
Shermer? Benscoter?
Eliezer once told me:
If there's one rationality skill I like to think I'm pretty good at, it's this one: the skill of saying "Oops."
In fact, I say "Oops, fixed, thanks" so often on Less Wrong I once suggested I should have a shortcut for it: "OFT."
And I don't just say "oops" for typos and mistakes in tone, but also for mistakes in my facts and arguments.
It's not that I say "oops" every time I'm challenged at length, either. I don't say "oops" until I actually think I was significantly wrong; otherwise, I stand my ground and ask for better counter-arguments.
But I'm sure I can improve.
Wanna help me debug my own mind?
Tell me: On which issues do you think I most obviously still need to say "Oops"?