There is a vibe that I often get from suffering focused people, which is a combo of
a) seeming to be actively stuck in some kind of anxiety loop, preoccupied with hell in a way that seems more pathological to me than well-reasoned.
b) something about their writing and vibe feels generally off,
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I agree that this seems to be the case with LessWrong users who engage in suffering-related topics like quantum immortality and Roko’s basilisk. However, I don’t think any(?) of these users are/have been professional s-risk researchers; the few (three, iirc) s-risk researchers I’ve talked to in real life did not give off this kind of vibe at all.
I agree that this seems to be the case with LessWrong users who engage in suffering-related topics like quantum immortality and Roko’s basilisk. However, I don’t think any(?) of these users are/have been professional s-risk researchers; the few (three, iirc) s-risk researchers I’ve talked to in real life did not give off this kind of vibe at all.