John_Maxwell_IV comments on How can we get more and better LW contrarians? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 18 April 2012 11:20:51PM 4 points [-]

You post a question about calculus in the discussion section and get downvoted, since it is "off topic" - ask on MathOverflow. A question about biology? Downvoted, if it is not an ev-psych speculation. Physics? Downvoted, even if it is of the most popular QM-interpretational sort. A puzzle? Downvoted.

Do you have examples of this sort of stuff so I can go vote it up?

Comment author: prase 19 April 2012 06:45:00PM 2 points [-]

For example there are many posts tagged "physics", most of which hover around zero. A moderately interesting puzzle stands now at -7.