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Wouldn't it be best to simply link them to posts relevant to the current topic, whatever that is? (Politics, pundit's predictions, how much information evolution can maintain, the usefulness of knowing simple equations for Fermi calculations, etc.) At least, that's what I tend to do on the DNB ML or Reddit or my own site, and it seems to generally work well.
I agree. I do not link people to LW unless there is an LW article that strongly relates to the topic of discussion; but there is quite often a LW article that strongly relates to the topic of discussion. Earlier today, for instance, a friend complained on Facebook that the nation is obsessed with a murder trial and all but ignores several larger-scale tragedies both at home and abroad. I talked about scope insensitivity for a bit, and linked to the LW article on it.
Yeah, I recently noticed that myself - this Anthony trial or whatever. I was thinking to myself what LW article would be most insightful - perhaps the Bayes' theorem article showing that proving a faked robbery was equivalent to proving Amanda Knox & Sollecito guilty? - but didn't come up with anything solid.