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Elo comments on Symbolic Gestures – Salutes For Effective Altruists To Identify Each Other - Less Wrong Discussion

-5 Post author: Darklight 20 January 2016 12:40AM

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Comment author: Elo 20 January 2016 04:50:11AM 15 points [-]

I think this is a terrible and ridiculous idea. likely to create in-groups and out-groups and do more bad than good.

While you are willing to go down these paths have you considered sign-language representations? I am unfamiliar with them other than knowing they are there.

Comment author: Darklight 21 January 2016 08:29:47PM 0 points [-]

The in-group, out-group thing is a hazard I admit. Again, I'm not demanding this be accepted, but merely offering out the idea for feedback, and I appreciate the criticism.

I haven't had a chance to properly learn sign-language, so I don't know if there are appropriate representations, but I can look into this.