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So... what conclusions can we draw from this experiment?
I learned a few things; first, http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/dsv/is_politics_the_mindkiller_an_inconclusive_test/73ug included a link to a more fully reducted form of the argument I was posing which I had previously been unaware of. (It relies on a metaphor, which I'm generally cautious of, but I think in this case it's a good metaphor.)
Second, I learned LessWrongians don't like rules on upvoting/downvoting. Either that or the fact that the comments here appeared in the comments section messed with my rules; which leads me to the major fault as I see it with this experiment -
It wasn't fully quarantined. For good or for bad, the format of this site means comments have a tendency to leak out of their original context.
This limits, to my mind, the ability to have quarantined political debates here.
So I'll formulate my poll with that in mind...
[Poll #2] Upvote here if you have a preference, considering how this experiment went, to start having quarantined (inasmuch as debate here can be quarantined) political debates on LessWrong
[Poll #1] Upvote here if you: [Edit] Found that this experiment demonstrated that useful political discussions are possible here.
[Poll #1] Karma dump
[Poll #1] Upvote here if you: [Edit] Do not find that this experiment demonstrated that useful political discussions are possible here.
You mean Poll #1, right?
Yes I did.