Raemon comments on Negative and Positive Selection - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Raemon 05 July 2012 04:46:28PM 0 points [-]

On Less Wrong, which has an anti-academia bias.

Comment author: shminux 05 July 2012 06:55:36PM 0 points [-]

Less Wrong, which has an anti-academia bias.

If so, this is rather irrational, given that probably every high-profile/high-status contributor to this forum, with the notable exception of EY, either works in academia or is being/has been trained in academia.

Comment author: wedrifid 05 July 2012 07:33:57PM 5 points [-]

If so, this is rather irrational,

It isn't so. It's more a relative thing---"not quite as extremely biased towards academia as the average group of this level of intellectual orientation can be expected to be".

given that probably every high-profile/high-status contributor to this forum, with the notable exception of EY, either works in academia or is being/has been trained in academia.

Luke has minimal official academic training too. Mind you he is more academic in practice than most people (probably most academics too, come to think of it.)

Comment author: pnrjulius 06 July 2012 11:00:41PM -1 points [-]

It's more a relative thing---"not quite as extremely biased towards academia as the average group of this level of intellectual orientation can be expected to be".

If so, then we're actually more rational right? Because we're not biased against academia as most people are, and aren't biased toward academia as most academics are.

Comment author: DanArmak 05 July 2012 06:32:03PM 0 points [-]

Why do you call it a bias? Maybe it's being less wrong than others who have a pro-academia bias.