There is a depth to “this is an Eliezer agument, part of a rich and complicated mental world with many different coherent aspects to it” that is lacking in “this is a random post on a random subject”. In the first case, you are seeing a facet of larger wisdom; in the second, just an argument to evaluate on merits.
I wonder if, if the hypothesis were tested and confirmed, anyone would admit to being one of the 5-10 persons who upvote for that reason?
I’m one of the 5-10.
There is a depth to “this is an Eliezer agument, part of a rich and complicated mental world with many different coherent aspects to it” that is lacking in “this is a random post on a random subject”. In the first case, you are seeing a facet of larger wisdom; in the second, just an argument to evaluate on merits.