Pete5 comments on Whither OB? - Less Wrong

4 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 17 November 2008 07:38PM

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Comment author: Pete5 17 November 2008 10:01:10PM 0 points [-]

I have a different sort of thought.

First, I like the community idea, but I don't think it'll work. That sort of thing attracts people who fancy themselves rational but who are aren't sincerely seeking to expand their rationalist abilities.

I suggest you toy with the idea of a conspiracy a la the fiction posts you make. What would it take to create a self reinforcing social hierarchy based on meaningful rationalist achievement?