In that case Sarah later wrote up a followup post that was more reasonable and Benquo wrote up a post that articulated the problem more clearly. [Can’t find the links offhand].
Thanks! I do still pretty* much endorse “Between Honesty and Perjury.”
*avoiding making a stronger claim here since I only briefly re-read it and haven’t re-thought-through each particular section and claim. But the overall spirit it’s pointing to is quite important.
[Edit: Ah, well, in the comments there I apparently expressed some specific agreements and disagreements that seems… similar in shape to my current agreement and disagreement with Ben. But I think in the intervening years I’ve updated a bit towards “EA’s epistemic standards should be closer to Ben’s standards than I thought in 2017.”]
“Reply to Criticism on my EA Post”, “Between Honesty and Perjury”
Thanks! I do still pretty* much endorse “Between Honesty and Perjury.”
*avoiding making a stronger claim here since I only briefly re-read it and haven’t re-thought-through each particular section and claim. But the overall spirit it’s pointing to is quite important.
[Edit: Ah, well, in the comments there I apparently expressed some specific agreements and disagreements that seems… similar in shape to my current agreement and disagreement with Ben. But I think in the intervening years I’ve updated a bit towards “EA’s epistemic standards should be closer to Ben’s standards than I thought in 2017.”]