ciphergoth comments on Of Gender and Rationality - Less Wrong

41 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 April 2009 12:56AM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 16 April 2009 10:21:19AM 0 points [-]

I'm bothered that this is voted up so high. Perhaps EY's words were intemperate, but this feels more like taking the opportunity to have a jab at him than sitting down to address the broader problem he raises.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 16 April 2009 10:39:25AM 5 points [-]

Perhaps EY's words were intemperate, but this feels more like taking the opportunity to have a jab at him than sitting down to address the broader problem he raises.

The point is valid that, probably for reasons of social training, more women than men are likely to be turned away by such snide criticism.

However, it's not clear that that sort of tone is even remotely common in comments here, and in fact the negative score Eliezer's comment received is strongly indicative that the community as a whole disapproved.

Comment author: dclayh 16 April 2009 03:33:59PM 1 point [-]

I hardly think -4 (now -3, apparently) is indicative of wholesale disapproval. Of course, if most people keep the default viewing threshold and don't click through often then it' would be impossible to tell. But since this very thread has a comment at -8, and I've seen several below -10, I don't think that's the case.