They all sound potentially interesting. Most to least interesting: 4, 1, 3, 2, 6, 5. Caveats: unconvinced that 1 (calibration) really needs a 3-parter; concerned that 2 (frontiers of reductionism) might turn out to be a standard-issue anti-"scientism" whinge (perhaps this wouldn't be a concern if I went back and read more of what you've written); 5 (US legal system) is at the bottom mostly because four articles on that subject seems like too much for something that's rather tangential here; 3 (skepticism about FAI and cryonics) seems like it might want a little generalizing, since heuristics that apply to both FAI and cryonics probably apply to a bunch of other things too.
In descending order of interest to me: 3,2,1,6,4,5. I'm especially interested in 3 because I'm currently uncertain about whether the Singularity will happen and looking for arguments either way, and in 2 because I'm fairly confident you're wrong about consciousness being irreducible (and thus have the potential to be very surprised by the post). If your arguments for the implausibility of cryonics and/or Singularitarianism involve your assertion that some aspect of the mind is irreducible, definitely post your irreducibility arguments first.
Well, these all seem interesting. The first sound the most interesting to a general audience but may run into issues in that we've had somewhat similar stuff. The procedural heuristics may also be worth reading.
Also, regarding option 4- although I don't think I'd find it to be that interesting, empirically the recent posts about people learning lessons from LDS practices were well-received, so that one might interest a fair bit of the community.
6, 4, 5, 3 descending interest. I'm doubtful that 1 or 2 will cover any new ground for me; if I'm wrong, then I'd move 1 to the top.
4, 5 and 6.
Please consider writing a single post instead of a sequence.
Posts have been criticised for containing too much tangentially related thoughts and splitting them in several subposts is often suggested. Your advice can easily become counter-productive without knowing what the author intents to cover.
I vote for 2 or 3
The sequence on calibration sounds the most interesting to me.
4 and 5
I'd be willing to bet even odds that you don't want 2 for the same reason I do want it--it's probably wrong. Care to tell me if I'm right? (No actual money involved here.)
I'm hoping that he's wrong in an interesting, post-reading-the-Sequences way. Then again, I thought that when a Mormon came on and said "ask me anything," but it turned out to be the same old boring kind of wrong. I may need to update more on that experience.
Hi everyone,
I am planning to write one or more full-length articles for the main page soon, and I thought I'd take an informal poll to see what people would find most useful.
Possible articles include: