IlyaShpitser comments on Intentionally Raising the Sanity Waterline - Less Wrong

12 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 13 November 2014 08:25PM

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Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 14 November 2014 04:59:52AM 0 points [-]

You make a fair comment about the article on polyamory potentially turning off some conservative readers. We will post other articles in the future, of course :-) However, one of our orientations is to help advance the goal of de-stigmatizing polyamory, even though doing so might turn off some conservative readers.

I'm curious on your take about the article not promoting rational thinking about relationships. There is plenty of research cited there about the nature of relationships, poly and non-poly ones alike, and I hope that getting our readers engaged with research on relationships would help promote more rational thinking. What do you think?

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 14 November 2014 12:35:46PM *  15 points [-]

:-) However, one of our orientations is to help advance the goal of de-stigmatizing polyamory

Are you trying to promote rationality or de-stigmatize poly? Because those are in conflict. If I wanted to promote X, I would start with the most broadly accessible, least controversial part of X. Or, you know, just talk about X and not a completely unrelated topic Y.

:)

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 14 November 2014 03:32:32PM 2 points [-]

That's a great point :-) As you can see from the diverse posts on the website, we are writing about a wide variety of topics. A rational perspective on relationships is one of several topics.

But your comments are duly noted, and we will be working on another post soon. Thanks for helping incrementally update my beliefs