AndrewHickey comments on The Problem Of Apostasy - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Raw_Power 19 July 2012 10:27AM

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Comment author: gjm 19 July 2012 11:59:41PM 1 point [-]

We (for some value of "we") could do that. But it wouldn't erase all the past discussions on LW (and OB before that) that have touched on religious topics, and in practice it probably wouldn't stop LWers discussing religious topics, still less casually assuming things that are incompatible with conventional religious beliefs. (Even if explicitly religious discussion were strictly forbidden somehow, LWers would still be looking for natural causes and simple explanations, treating evolution as an important fact rather than an anti-God conspiracy, etc., etc., etc.) So it wouldn't do much to make LW readers in oppressively religious regimes safer or happier.

Comment author: Xachariah 20 July 2012 12:41:12AM *  0 points [-]

It's just a matter of how much we're willing to give up for it. If it was decided to be truly worth it, we could use regular expressions to wipe out any post or comment with theism/religion/god/jesus/allah in it.

The question isn't if it's possible or not. It's always possible. The question is "do we want this bad enough to be willing to use regular expressions?"

Just kidding, I mean censorship.

Comment author: gjm 20 July 2012 08:53:41AM 1 point [-]

Even further off-topic: even better regular expressions link.