BTW I don't even think anything I said was particularly opinionated (by my standards).
And the context makes it funny.
Saying -- on the LW forum -- that it'd be good for LW to have a strong advocate? Ooooh, controversial!
And who are you, a freshly-minted account with strong opinions?
Yep, I'm a freshly-minted account with strong opinions.
In my understanding, there’s no one who speaks for LW, as its representative, and is responsible for addressing questions and criticisms. [...] No one is responsible for defining an LW school of thought and dealing with intellectual challenges.
Correct. There is no Pope of LW, we don't all agree about everything, and no one has any obligation to answer anyone else's objections.
Asking for someone who thinks some set of ideas is consistent and true, and will address questions about those ideas thoroughly, is not asking for a Pope. It's more like aski...
i wrote some commentary on Paths Forward, thought people might appreciate it:
http://justinmallone.com/2017/01/paths-forward-comments-part-1/