I think parts of academia do this well (although other parts do it poorly, and I think it’s been getting worse over time). In particular, if you present ideas at a seminar, essentially arbitrarily harsh criticism is fair game. Of course, this is different from the public internet, but it’s still a group of people, many of whom do not know each other personally, where pretty strong criticism is the norm.
One guess is that ritualization in academia helps with this—if you say something in a talk or paper, you ritually invite criticism, whereas I’d be surprised to see people apply the same norms to e.g. a prominent researcher posting on facebook. (Maybe they should apply those norms, but I’d guess they don’t.)
Unfortunately, it’s not obvious how to get the same benefits in EA.
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One guess is that ritualization in academia helps with this—if you say something in a talk or paper, you ritually invite criticism, whereas I’d be surprised to see people apply the same norms to e.g. a prominent researcher posting on facebook. (Maybe they should apply those norms, but I’d guess they don’t.)
Unfortunately, it’s not obvious how to get the same benefits in EA.