I think this one by Yvain works as a plausible explanation for why this is unlikely to change.
Do you deliberately pick topics that cause controversy here, or is your model of this community flawed? Either way I find people's reactions to your posts amusing.
I think this one by Yvain works as a plausible explanation for why this is unlikely to change.
I love Yvain's post on meta-contrarianism, and yeah, it pinpoints a major source of the problem. I guess I tend to be slightly more optimistic about the possibility of LessWrong changing in this regard, but maybe you're right.
Do you deliberately pick topics that cause controversy here, or is your model of this community flawed? Either way I find people's reactions to your posts amusing.
When I write my more controversial posts, I do so knowing I'm going aga...
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.