@ Marcello: “Do you predict that any of the people we will eventually hire will have clung to a mistake like this one despite reading through all of your previous series of posts on morality?”
you interpret my taking a long time to come around to the correct view (for, now, I agree with yourself and EY on this pretty much 100%) as indicative of me being of low value as a scientist/philosopher, versus your(?) or others’(?) quick acceptance of this view as being indicative of being of high value as a scientist/philosopher. However, another view on this is that those who quickly agreed with EY are simply good at conforming to what the chief says. When Eliezer pre-2002 was making arguments for the supreme moral value of intelligence, would you also have quickly agreed with him?
It takes courage to stand up and say something in a forum like OB that is in disagreement with the majority view, especially when you know that you are likely wrong, and are likely to suffer social consequences, reputational slander, etc.
@ Marcello: “Do you predict that any of the people we will eventually hire will have clung to a mistake like this one despite reading through all of your previous series of posts on morality?”
you interpret my taking a long time to come around to the correct view (for, now, I agree with yourself and EY on this pretty much 100%) as indicative of me being of low value as a scientist/philosopher, versus your(?) or others’(?) quick acceptance of this view as being indicative of being of high value as a scientist/philosopher. However, another view on this is that those who quickly agreed with EY are simply good at conforming to what the chief says. When Eliezer pre-2002 was making arguments for the supreme moral value of intelligence, would you also have quickly agreed with him?
It takes courage to stand up and say something in a forum like OB that is in disagreement with the majority view, especially when you know that you are likely wrong, and are likely to suffer social consequences, reputational slander, etc.