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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 11 August 2013 04:01:32PM 35 points [-]

I mildly dislike this idea because it seems to promote an argument-as-soldiers mentality.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 11 August 2013 05:12:21PM 11 points [-]

Seconded. This is what RationalWiki is for.

Comment author: David_Gerard 14 May 2014 04:49:57PM 3 points [-]

In fact, this is literally what RationalWiki is for.

Comment author: [deleted] 12 August 2013 11:37:04AM *  4 points [-]

I thought RationalWiki was a recruitment tool for LessWrong. That's how I came here, believe it or not

(edit: I meant the first sentence somewhat in jest, even though I did come here via RationalWiki.)

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 12 August 2013 12:05:39PM 6 points [-]

It wasn't a totally serious comment, but my general take on RationalWiki is that it's an excellent catalogue of arguments for winning debates, specifically those that matter to the skeptic crowd. I'm not sure that's what we want to be encouraging here.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 16 August 2013 08:41:30PM *  0 points [-]

I see RationalWiki as a place for those who can't handle the hard stuff. Those who can, come here, those who can't, stay there.

Comment author: ikrase 12 August 2013 09:23:06AM 1 point [-]

Thirded. This isn't really a good idea.