buybuydandavis comments on Political topics attract participants inclined to use the norms of mainstream political debate, risking a tipping point to lower quality discussion - Less Wrong

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 26 March 2015 07:54:03PM *  3 points [-]

I'd say we should debate what's hard to debate.

IMO, LW provides a very interesting forum. Progressives and Libertarians actually talking, and moderately civilly. What I like is the window into different priors and different values. Really, that's what is going on in your head? Who knew? Not me.

Comment author: passive_fist 26 March 2015 10:35:13PM 2 points [-]

I'd say we should debate what's hard to debate.

Difficulty is certainly no reason not to attempt debate, as long as all sides acknowledge that debates about politics are necessarily difficult, ill-informed, and far from optimally rational.