[extropy-chat] Inadvertant insult

[Russell Wallace]

On 2/22/06, Keith Henson <hkhenson at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> On the latter, I think people should make a real effort to raise the
> discussion to a meta level.  I.e., it is ok to talk about wars and
> politics
> but the current situations should only be used as examples in discussions
> of the meta level.  (Why wars?  Why are humans captured by both socialist
> and libertarian politics/memes)?


Agreed with pretty much everything Keith says here, with an addendum: I
think even using current situations as examples in broader discussions is,
where possible, better eschewed in favor of historical examples. As a
general guideline, I'd recommend taking examples from at least a few decades
back. (Eliezer Yudkowsky, when the question came up over on SL4, suggested
1920 or earlier.)

- Russell
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