It’s an idea that is common among writers (with respect to writing instructors). Not the secret identity part, though.
Eliezer’s idea is a bit different, because success in any area of life should indicate rationality.
I don’t understand the secret identity part. If one identity is secret, how are students supposed to know whether to respect the instructor for accomplishments under his/her non-instructor identity?
(If you’re a rationality instructor or practitioner, having a secret identity is probably a good idea anyway, so you’re not the first against the wall when the religious-Luddite anti-transhuman pogrom begins.)
It’s an idea that is common among writers (with respect to writing instructors). Not the secret identity part, though.
Eliezer’s idea is a bit different, because success in any area of life should indicate rationality.I don’t understand the secret identity part. If one identity is secret, how are students supposed to know whether to respect the instructor for accomplishments under his/her non-instructor identity?
(If you’re a rationality instructor or practitioner, having a secret identity is probably a good idea anyway, so you’re not the first against the wall when the religious-Luddite anti-transhuman pogrom begins.)
He’s joking about the secret part—think “day job”