I’m definitely doing #2. I can see your case that the paragraph starting with “But there’s a reason for that” is doing #4. But … I’m not convinced that this kind of “frame manipulation” is particularly bad?
If someone is unhappy with the post’s attempt to “grab the frame” (by acting as if my conception of rationalist is the correct one), I’m happy to explain why I did that in the comments. Do I have to disclaim it in the post? That just seems like it would be worse writing.
I think in isolation it wouldn’t be particularly bad, no. I think it’d rise to the level of ‘definitely better to avoid’ (given [probably?] shared assumptions about truthseeking and honesty), but, it’s within the set of mistakes I think are fairly normal to make.
I feel like it is part of a broader pattern that (I think probably) adds up to something noticeably bad, but it’d take me awhile of active effort to find all the things that felt off to me and figure out if I endorse criticizing it as a whole.
(So, like, for now I’m not trying to make a strong argument that there’s a particular thing that’s wrong, but, like, I think you have enough self-knowledge to notice ‘yeah something is off in a sticky way here’ and figure it out yourself. ((But, as previously stated, I don’t have a strong belief that this makes sense to be your priority atm)))
I’m definitely doing #2. I can see your case that the paragraph starting with “But there’s a reason for that” is doing #4. But … I’m not convinced that this kind of “frame manipulation” is particularly bad?
If someone is unhappy with the post’s attempt to “grab the frame” (by acting as if my conception of rationalist is the correct one), I’m happy to explain why I did that in the comments. Do I have to disclaim it in the post? That just seems like it would be worse writing.
I think in isolation it wouldn’t be particularly bad, no. I think it’d rise to the level of ‘definitely better to avoid’ (given [probably?] shared assumptions about truthseeking and honesty), but, it’s within the set of mistakes I think are fairly normal to make.
I feel like it is part of a broader pattern that (I think probably) adds up to something noticeably bad, but it’d take me awhile of active effort to find all the things that felt off to me and figure out if I endorse criticizing it as a whole.
(So, like, for now I’m not trying to make a strong argument that there’s a particular thing that’s wrong, but, like, I think you have enough self-knowledge to notice ‘yeah something is off in a sticky way here’ and figure it out yourself. ((But, as previously stated, I don’t have a strong belief that this makes sense to be your priority atm)))