The main thing I track is whether I expect healthy information flows when the information is relevant.
If someone was arrested for robbery and I’m citing their work on Quantum Mechanics, I wouldn’t think it relevant to bring up. If they were being considered for a job looking after finances I’d want to make sure the person hiring them knew.
If I felt like nobody would tell them because it was all hush-hush, then I would be more likely to write something about it publicly… though not really in the stuff about quantum mechanics? Seems unfair to punish them in every possible channel, as long as they’re receiving the actual costs involved (job opportunities, reputation amongst colleagues and coworkers, etc).
If I thought it was being super quashed, I might have a footnote at the start of my discussion of quantum mechanics saying “For the record I have ethical concerns about this person’s behavior in other situations, here is a link to a brief shortform comment by me on that” or a link to info about it, but otherwise not bring it up.
The main thing I track is whether I expect healthy information flows when the information is relevant.
If someone was arrested for robbery and I’m citing their work on Quantum Mechanics, I wouldn’t think it relevant to bring up. If they were being considered for a job looking after finances I’d want to make sure the person hiring them knew.
If I felt like nobody would tell them because it was all hush-hush, then I would be more likely to write something about it publicly… though not really in the stuff about quantum mechanics? Seems unfair to punish them in every possible channel, as long as they’re receiving the actual costs involved (job opportunities, reputation amongst colleagues and coworkers, etc).
If I thought it was being super quashed, I might have a footnote at the start of my discussion of quantum mechanics saying “For the record I have ethical concerns about this person’s behavior in other situations, here is a link to a brief shortform comment by me on that” or a link to info about it, but otherwise not bring it up.
In general, I think most disclaimers aren’t worth it.