Only the first few sections of the comment were directed at you; the last bit was a broader point re other commenters in the thread, the fooming shoggoths, and various in-person conversations I’ve had with people in the bay.
That rationalists and EAs tend toward aesthetic bankruptcy is one of my chronic bones to pick, because I do think it indicates the presence of some bias that doesn’t exist in the general population, which results in various blind spots.
Sorry for not signposting and/or limiting myself to a direct reply; that was definitely confusing.
I think you should give 1 or 2 a try, and would volunteer my time (although if you’d find a betting structure more enticing, we could say my time is free iff I turn out to be wrong, and otherwise you’d pay me).
Only the first few sections of the comment were directed at you; the last bit was a broader point re other commenters in the thread, the fooming shoggoths, and various in-person conversations I’ve had with people in the bay.
That rationalists and EAs tend toward aesthetic bankruptcy is one of my chronic bones to pick, because I do think it indicates the presence of some bias that doesn’t exist in the general population, which results in various blind spots.
Sorry for not signposting and/or limiting myself to a direct reply; that was definitely confusing.
I think you should give 1 or 2 a try, and would volunteer my time (although if you’d find a betting structure more enticing, we could say my time is free iff I turn out to be wrong, and otherwise you’d pay me).