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Comment author: David_Gerard 15 April 2012 08:58:36AM *  15 points [-]

In my case it left the impression that (a) this was an Internet forum like any other I've been on in the past seventeen years (b) like all of them, it behaved as though its problems were unique and special, rather than a completely generic phenomenon. So, pretty much as normal then.

BTW, to read the sequences is not to agree with every word of them, and when I read all the rest of the posts chronologically from 2009-2011 the main thing I got from it was the social lay of the land.

(My sociology is strictly amateur, though an ongoing personal interest.)

Comment author: buybuydandavis 15 April 2012 09:05:29PM 2 points [-]

to read the sequences is not to agree with every word of them,

I'm sure. What I wonder is how much the sequences even represent a consensus of the original list members involved in the discussion. In my estimation, it varies a lot. In particular, I doubt EY carried the day with even a strong plurality with both his conclusions and argument in the metaethics sequence.

Comment author: wedrifid 15 April 2012 09:36:42PM 2 points [-]

I'm sure. What I wonder is how much the sequences even represent a consensus of the original list members involved in the discussion.

I doubt even Eliezer_2012 would agree with all of them. They were a rather rapidly produced bunch of blog posts and very few people would maintain consistent endorsement of past blogging output.