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Well, there's been some talk about organizing a meetup group in my area, and I'm not really comfortable with that.
Are you not comfortable with that happening at all, or not comfortable with being involved in one?
What are your concerns - wasting your time, being perceived as belonging to a "weird" group, being drawn into a group process that is a net negative value to you?
I realize I'm not answering your original question. I'm still thinking about that one.
I'm not comfortable with it existing. I think it's not useful.
I'm more than a little surprised to see you say this, given your past writings on the subject - if asked I would certainly have guessed that your reply to your own question would have been "yes, of course".
I'm curious to know more, if you're comfortable saying more. Not sure what to say otherwise.
People with a common interest meeting up seems natural enough. I have reservations about normativism with respect to ways of thinking, but it does seem to me that what we are learning here is worthwhile in and of itself: because it is about finding out exactly what we are, and because - just like a zebra - what we are is something rare and peculiar and fascinating.
Well, if there are other people who feel that way, they're free to meet up to share that interest.
My serious answer: I'm not sure there's a well-defined, cumulative, discipline-like body of knowledge in the LessWrong memeplex. I don't know how it could be presented to an intelligent outsider who's never heard of it. I don't know whether it could be presented in a way that makes us look good.
My not-so-serious answer: a lot of the time I just don't care any more.
It sounds to me like you might be in some kind of depression or low-enthusiasm state. I don't hear a coherent critique in these comments, so much as a general sense of "boo 'rationality'/LW".
Contrast:
and
This feels inconsistent; as if you had been caught giving a non-true rejection.
That turned out to be the case.
Now and then I go a bit crazy and find it difficult to value anything. Luckily the worst symptom is that I don't get much done for a while, and post gloomy comments on websites.
At least for me, being able to look at things like this ("I am in a bad mood" instead of "everything sucks") is quite a blessing. Hope you feel better now or soon! [Edit: wording tweak.]