It seemed like there was a very clear pecking order, where a couple folks I interacted with who claimed to be above such status games quite evidently practiced them regularly.
I would have liked to believe this was only a small subset of the Rationalists, and that most people weren’t like this. This may be the case. However, I am quite confident that said Rationalists are or were considered high-status in the community, whether people admit this or otherwise.
I suspect you might get more traction on comments like these if you provided examples, and/or reasons for taking this more seriously. As it stands, it’s not clear to me why I should be taking it more seriously other than taking your word for it [and I say this as someone who wrote the section you just commented on :)].
I AM SUMMONED.
Can we please start taking this seriously?
I suspect you might get more traction on comments like these if you provided examples, and/or reasons for taking this more seriously. As it stands, it’s not clear to me why I should be taking it more seriously other than taking your word for it [and I say this as someone who wrote the section you just commented on :)].