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gwern comments on Open Thread, December 2-8, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: gwern 04 December 2013 11:16:12PM *  11 points [-]

Sounds like an interesting real-world example of http://lesswrong.com/lw/lr/evaporative_cooling_of_group_beliefs/

On the plus side, now you have all the material you need to write a satirical novel.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 05 December 2013 08:33:31AM 21 points [-]

I used to wish that people be more interested in how society works, go outside of their homes and try to improve things. After seeing this, I just wish they all lost interest, returned home, a started watching some sitcoms.

I wasn't sure whether this largely political comment was okay to write on LW, but then I realized LW is pretty much the only place I know where I could write such comment without receiving verbal abuse, racist comments, explanations that homosexuality really is the greatest danger of our civilization, or offended complaints about how I am insensitive towards religion. Recently, LW feels like an island of sanity in the vast ocean of madness.

Perhaps this will give me more energy to promote rationality in my country. I already arranged another LW meetup after a few months pause.