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MattG comments on Open thread, Oct. 5 - Oct. 11, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 08 October 2015 10:17:17AM 2 points [-]

the thought process that led to this decision will also make LW less, not more trustworthy (however mildly) when dealing with issues that are unusually complex or politically contentious

That depends very much on the audience. Some people will trust more others will trust less.

Comment author: bogus 08 October 2015 02:59:54PM *  1 point [-]

I'm pretty sure that the latter will outnumber the former quite a bit. Speaking generally, we want social norms that discourage excess political talk (politics is the mindkiller, and gender politics is no exception) but when it does come up, people should be allowed to speak freely if they have something worthwhile to say. Anything else is a recipe for severe bias (via "evaporative cooling" and factionalization).

Comment author: ChristianKl 08 October 2015 03:55:35PM 2 points [-]

people should be allowed to speak freely if they have something worthwhile to say

Given that the post from him on that topic were constantly downvoted, the community seemed to feel that he didn't have something worthwile to say.