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

58 Post author: Wei_Dai 18 April 2012 10:01PM

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Comment author: thomblake 19 April 2012 08:51:15PM 5 points [-]

You should make some discussion posts about your reasons for disagreeing with the perceived consensus on each of those issues. If they are articulate, specific, and uses the techniques of epistemic rationality, they should be well-received. (If you have good reasons for disagreeing with the techniques of epistemic rationality, then that's an even better post).

Comment author: vi21maobk9vp 20 April 2012 06:05:03PM 1 point [-]

If I have seen the replies to well-written comments expressing some opinions, I may find it unlikely that I would get new information from replies to a discussion post.

And I may have some hard-to-share reasons and personal red flags, so I do not know whether I will do good to anyone.

So, why bother?

Maybe original poster wouldn't agree with this approach, but his behaviour is consistent with it.