I personally think the current relationship the community has to Michael feels about right in terms of distance.
I also want to be very clear that I have not investigated the accusations against Michael and don’t currently trust them hugely for a bunch of reasons, though they seem credible enough that I would totally investigate them if I thought that Michael would pose a risk to more people in the community if the accusations were true.
As it is, the current level of distance I don’t see it as hugely my, or the rationality community’s, responsibility to investigate them though if I had more time and was less crunched, I might.
I personally think the current relationship the community has to Michael feels about right in terms of distance.
I also want to be very clear that I have not investigated the accusations against Michael and don’t currently trust them hugely for a bunch of reasons, though they seem credible enough that I would totally investigate them if I thought that Michael would pose a risk to more people in the community if the accusations were true.
As it is, the current level of distance I don’t see it as hugely my, or the rationality community’s, responsibility to investigate them though if I had more time and was less crunched, I might.