i agree that there doesn’t seem to be any sort of rigorous way to get off the crazy train in some principled manner, and that fundamentally it does come down to vibes. but that only makes it worse if people are uncritical/uncurious/uncaring/unrigorous about how said vibes are generated. like, i see angst about it in the ea sphere about the inconsistency/intransitivity, and various attempts to discuss or tackle it, and this seems useful to me even though it’s still mostly groping around in the dark. in academia there seems to be a missing mood.
i agree that there doesn’t seem to be any sort of rigorous way to get off the crazy train in some principled manner, and that fundamentally it does come down to vibes. but that only makes it worse if people are uncritical/uncurious/uncaring/unrigorous about how said vibes are generated. like, i see angst about it in the ea sphere about the inconsistency/intransitivity, and various attempts to discuss or tackle it, and this seems useful to me even though it’s still mostly groping around in the dark. in academia there seems to be a missing mood.