SystemsGuy comments on Mandatory Secret Identities - Less Wrong

28 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 April 2009 06:10PM

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Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 08 April 2009 10:28:04PM 3 points [-]

Is that desirable? (Not saying you're implying it is.) The community could probably benefit from some smart humanities types.

I was actually trying to imply that it isn't desirable, so yes, I agree fully.

Comment author: SystemsGuy 23 November 2014 06:32:49PM 0 points [-]

First post, so I'll be brief on my opinion. I would say "it depends". To communicate between people and even to clarify one's own thoughts, a formal language, with an appropriate lexicon and symbols, is a key facilitator.

As for desirability of audience, the About page says "Less Wrong is an online community for discussion of rationality", with nothing about exclusivity. I would suggest that if a topic is of the sort that newbies and lay people would read, then English is better; if more for the theorists, then math is fine.