Editing pictures that you publish on your own website to remove uncomfortable information, is worse than just not speaking about certain information. It would be possible to simply not publish the photo. Deciding to edit it to remove information is a conscious choice that’s a signal.
I don’t know this full situation or what I would conclude about it but I don’t think your interpretation is QED on its face. Like I said, I feel like it is potentially more dishonest or misleading to seem to endorse Leverage. Idk why they didn’t just not post the pictures at all, which seems the least potentially confusing or deceptive, but the fact that they didn’t doesn’t lead me to conclude dishonesty without knowing more.
I actually think LWers tend toward the bad kind of virtue signaling with honesty, and they tend to define honesty as not doing themselves any favors with communication. (Makes sense considering Hanson’s foundational influence.)
I don’t know this full situation or what I would conclude about it but I don’t think your interpretation is QED on its face. Like I said, I feel like it is potentially more dishonest or misleading to seem to endorse Leverage. Idk why they didn’t just not post the pictures at all, which seems the least potentially confusing or deceptive, but the fact that they didn’t doesn’t lead me to conclude dishonesty without knowing more.
I actually think LWers tend toward the bad kind of virtue signaling with honesty, and they tend to define honesty as not doing themselves any favors with communication. (Makes sense considering Hanson’s foundational influence.)