Post #3511205
2026-07-01 13:45 UTC
LWer: politics is really hard to be Rational about, so how about we just forget all about
lesswrong.com/…/that-which-cannot-be-poked-with-a…
Bad: arguing about prison abolition
Good: arguing about how to fastest get to the closest Muni station
Replies (3)
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@sinedpick@awful.systems 2026-07-01 13:59
This could have been a tweet. I seriously 100% believe that this logorrhea could have been a single Xart. What the fuck is wrong with these people?
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@YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 2026-07-01 22:08
This gets dangerously close to acknowledging that the rationalist method isn’t actually very useful for any area where it isn’t trivial.
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@V0ldek@awful.systems 2026-07-02 16:20
Love the second example of immigration because not only does it completely miss the crux of the issue (free movement is a human right and must not be conditional) but also boils down to “actually this IS measurable and provable but Charlie doesn’t like the outcome so lalala whatabout Germany”