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If talking politics on LW is so great, please link to a political discussion we've had that you'd like to see more of. The political discussions here I've seen in the past haven't gone so well.
I don't think it works well for this community. I used to have some thoughts like yours -- "But I like politics! It's interesting! And I'm right, dammit!" However, LessWrong is really better without it. Both because remaining politics-free keeps us more level-headed about other issues, and because it avoids driving away the rather sizable population of rationalists who hate politics.
Is everybody here interested in everything here?
Probably not, so why shouldn't the people who don't like politics just avoid the political stuff (just like the people not interested in AI just ignore the AI posts)?
Because some people, otherwise valuable and great to have around, will disapprove of someone as soon as they know he/she is interested in politics. They can't help seeing that as a mark of bad character.
I don't know of anyone who thinks "I can't respect her; she has this thing about AI."
It's... interesting... that LW talks more about politics than about social epistemology.
Could you explain what you mean by "social epistemology"?
I will try and one up that by trying to get JenniferRM to explain what she means by social epistemology, since she has better thoughts on the subject than I do.