fubarobfusco comments on Do people think Less Wrong rationality is parochial? - Less Wrong

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

Popularizing ideas from contemporary cognitive science and naturalized philosophy seems like a pretty worthy goal in and of itself. I wonder to what extent the "Less Wrong" identity helps this (by providing a convenient label and reference point), and to what extend it hurts (by providing an opportunity to dismiss ideas as "that Less Wrong phyg"). I suspect the former dominates, but the latter might be heard from more.

Comment author: shrink 30 April 2012 07:44:28AM *  3 points [-]

Popularization is better without novel jargon though.

Comment author: RobbBB 17 March 2013 12:44:28AM 1 point [-]

Unless there are especially important concepts that lack labels (or lack adequate labels).