cousin_it comments on Posts I repent of - Less Wrong

12 Post author: Will_Newsome 20 March 2012 05:29AM

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Comment author: cousin_it 20 March 2012 01:59:36PM 5 points [-]

But "Taking ideas seriously" was an awesome post. Given what we know now, it probably did more harm than good, but I wouldn't be able to walk around with something like that in my head and not post it for everyone to see.

Comment author: PECOS-9 20 March 2012 04:39:37PM 9 points [-]

Can you elaborate on what we know now that shows that the post probably did more harm than good?

Comment author: Quinn 21 March 2012 01:35:11AM 1 point [-]

I suspect it has to do with some LW users taking FAI seriously and dropping everything to join the cause, as suggested in this comment by cousin_it. In the following discussion, RichardKennaway specifically links to "Taking ideas seriously".