It has seemed to me that some of Eliezer’s recent post scores have been inflated by around 5-10 points due to his being Eliezer; it would be interesting to test this hypothesis.
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.
It has seemed to me that some of Eliezer’s recent post scores have been inflated by around 5-10 points due to his being Eliezer; it would be interesting to test this hypothesis.
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.