ciphergoth comments on A Parable On Obsolete Ideologies - Less Wrong

113 Post author: Yvain 13 May 2009 10:51PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 14 May 2009 03:22:54PM *  5 points [-]

I sympathize with your sentiment, but guess you'll have a hard time persuading LW/OB rationalists to act up against SWPL - great name for the phenomenon btw, I will use it from now on. First, such actions would greatly harm the stated goal of outreach to intelligent/educated demographics. Second, on sober thought SWPL per se hasn't yet caused as much hurt in the world as competing ideologies have (I'm not counting spiritual ancestors, this would be unfair). Third, a lot of us here are SWPL followers.

Comment author: ciphergoth 14 May 2009 03:30:40PM 1 point [-]

You seem to have deciphered the initialism, what does it refer to?

Comment author: cousin_it 14 May 2009 04:39:31PM *  3 points [-]

Stuff White People Like - steven0461 got it right.