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Jiro comments on [LINK] Another "LessWrongers are crazy" article - this time on Slate - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 20 July 2014 08:04:11PM *  5 points [-]

I can think of stories about MIRI or about CFAR but LW itself doesn't need PR.

That's a great point. LW is not MIRI. LW comments are not MIRI research. LW moderation policy is not FAI source code. Etc.

The proper response to basilisk would probably be: "So, tell me about the most controversial comment ever in your web discussions. You know, just so I can popularize it as the stuff your website is really about."

Comment author: Jiro 22 July 2014 04:27:12AM 1 point [-]

I don't think the idea is that LW is about the basilisk, but rather that the nature of the basilisk exposes flaws of LW. Whether it does that depends on circumstances; while it's trivially true that any website has a most controversial comment, not every website has a most controversial comment that happened like the basilisk did.