My hyperbole is going of like crazy over here. You should probably cease this conversation before it becomes even more heated. Both of you.
I don’t think you get it. If you think you can substitute “write something slightly at odds with his beliefs into a fanfiction” even remotely appropriately into that context then you do not have enough knowledge about Eliezer’s publicly expressed goals to be making the kind of moral judgement you presume to make.
I wrote my claim because it sounds like a hyperbole but isn’t. For the right value of ‘acid’ my claim is a literal counterfactual prediction. And I don’t mean a “dipping his arm in vinegar” technicality. I’d estimate the approximate value of acid required to make the preference stand is something that would fall short of leaving permanent scars but give him significant pain for a week. Maybe that is a little light… perhaps leaving some scarring but leaving full function and sensitivity on the hand so he can still type. Just so long as some of that typing constitutes a massive disclaimer and retraction to undo some of the damage his toxic propaganda would have done.
I don’t think you get it. If you think you can substitute “write something slightly at odds with his beliefs into a fanfiction” even remotely appropriately into that context then you do not have enough knowledge about Eliezer’s publicly expressed goals to be making the kind of moral judgement you presume to make.
I wrote my claim because it sounds like a hyperbole but isn’t. For the right value of ‘acid’ my claim is a literal counterfactual prediction. And I don’t mean a “dipping his arm in vinegar” technicality. I’d estimate the approximate value of acid required to make the preference stand is something that would fall short of leaving permanent scars but give him significant pain for a week. Maybe that is a little light… perhaps leaving some scarring but leaving full function and sensitivity on the hand so he can still type. Just so long as some of that typing constitutes a massive disclaimer and retraction to undo some of the damage his toxic propaganda would have done.