Last night we had meetup in Ljubljana. It was a good debate, but quite a heretical one for the LW standards. Especially when organizers left us. Which was unfortunate. We mostly don't see ourselves particularly bonded to LW at all. Especially I.
We discussed personal identity, possible near super-intelligence (sudden hack, if you wish), Universe transformation following this eventuality, and some lighter topics like fracking for gas and oil, language revolutions throughout history, neo-reactionaries and their points, Einstein's brains (whether they were lighter or heavier than average - I am quite sure they were heavier but it seems that the Cathedral says otherwise).
We discussed Three Worlds Collide, IBM brain simulations, MIRI endeavors and progress, genetics ...
More than 5 hours of an interesting debate.
Heretical? Well, considering that 'heretic' means 'someone who thinks on their own', I'm not sure how we're supposed to interpret that negatively.
I assume however that you meant 'disagreeing with common positions displayed on LW' - which of those common positions did you differ on, and why, and just how homogeneous do you think LW is on those?
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.