Trusting “the rationalist community” leaves you open to getting fucked over[1] by any bad idea that can successfully market itself to high-Openness compsci nerds living in Berkeley, California in the current year.
That seems to be true to the extend that you see “the rationalist community” as being the cluster of people in Berkeley. It’s my impression that it becomes less true when you speak about the more global community on LessWrong. The particular idea towards which you point as having caused you huge damage doesn’t seem to have strong expressed support on LessWrong.
That seems to be true to the extend that you see “the rationalist community” as being the cluster of people in Berkeley. It’s my impression that it becomes less true when you speak about the more global community on LessWrong. The particular idea towards which you point as having caused you huge damage doesn’t seem to have strong expressed support on LessWrong.