I was coming up with reasons that a nearsighted consequentialist (aka not worried about being manipulative) might use. That said, getting lurkers to identify with you, then gathering evidence that will sway you, and them, one way or the other, is a force multiplier on an asymmetric weapon pointed towards truth. You need only see the possibility of switching sides to use this. He was open about being open to be convinced. It’s like preregistering a study.
You’re right, it’s too harsh to claim that this is deceptive. That does seem more reasonable. I still think it isn’t worth it given the harm to your ability to coordinate.
I was coming up with reasons that a nearsighted consequentialist (aka not worried about being manipulative) might use.
Sorry, I thought you were defending the decision. I’m currently only interested in decision-relevant aspects of this, which as far as I can tell means “how the decision should be made ex-ante”, so I’m not going to speculate on nearsighted-consequentialist-reasons.
I was coming up with reasons that a nearsighted consequentialist (aka not worried about being manipulative) might use. That said, getting lurkers to identify with you, then gathering evidence that will sway you, and them, one way or the other, is a force multiplier on an asymmetric weapon pointed towards truth. You need only see the possibility of switching sides to use this. He was open about being open to be convinced. It’s like preregistering a study.
You’re right, it’s too harsh to claim that this is deceptive. That does seem more reasonable. I still think it isn’t worth it given the harm to your ability to coordinate.
Sorry, I thought you were defending the decision. I’m currently only interested in decision-relevant aspects of this, which as far as I can tell means “how the decision should be made ex-ante”, so I’m not going to speculate on nearsighted-consequentialist-reasons.