I think this is extremely standard, central LW skepticism in its healthy form.
Some things those comments do not do: [...]
I think that’s a very interesting list of points. I didn’t like the essay at all, and the message didn’t feel right to me, but this post right here makes me a lot more sympathetic to it.
(Which is kind of ironic; you say this comment is dashed off, and you presumably spent a lot more time on the essay; but I’d argue the comment conveys a lot more useful information.)
I think that’s a very interesting list of points. I didn’t like the essay at all, and the message didn’t feel right to me, but this post right here makes me a lot more sympathetic to it.
(Which is kind of ironic; you say this comment is dashed off, and you presumably spent a lot more time on the essay; but I’d argue the comment conveys a lot more useful information.)