Promoted to Featured, for being a solid critique of a point in a previous Featured post on LW (also, it was one by Eliezer, and I feel that good counterargument to Eliezer is rarer than I’d like).
It seems Eliezer still has guru status; I’m not sure the presence of a guru figure is best for promoting group epistemic rationality especially considering the Affect Heuristic, and the chill against dissenting opinions (especially when you’re disagreeing with the guru) which may lead to evaporative cooling of group beliefs.
I get the feeling that disagreeing with Eliezer is only well received when it is by other high status community members.
Promoted to Featured, for being a solid critique of a point in a previous Featured post on LW (also, it was one by Eliezer, and I feel that good counterargument to Eliezer is rarer than I’d like).
It seems Eliezer still has guru status; I’m not sure the presence of a guru figure is best for promoting group epistemic rationality especially considering the Affect Heuristic, and the chill against dissenting opinions (especially when you’re disagreeing with the guru) which may lead to evaporative cooling of group beliefs.
I get the feeling that disagreeing with Eliezer is only well received when it is by other high status community members.