Among other reasons, LessWrong is an audience that Alex writes to, and perhaps the most sensible audience for his Alignment thoughts. More than that, it’s a community, a small community too. I’d read the accusations against Maple/Oak/Alex but not heard anything from him. If he hadn’t posted here, it’s unlikely I would have seen this—and I do care to see it.
So I do think it makes sense to post here. I appreciate the bravery required to post it.
Yeah, as Ruby said, this is a community that I care about and publish in, and is where Shekinah linked and discussed her own post. I also want to stand for the truth! I’ve been in this org (Maple) for a while and I think it has a lot to offer the world, and I think it’s been really badly mischaracterized, and I care about sharing what I know, and this community cares a lot about the truth in a way that is different to most of the rest of the world. IMO the comments on this post so far are impressively balanced, considerate, epistemically humble, and just generally intelligent. I can’t think where else to have such a reasonable discussion about something like this!
A question that sounds combative on the Internet but which I’m asking honestly.
Why did you think this post was appropriate for LessWrong?
Among other reasons, LessWrong is an audience that Alex writes to, and perhaps the most sensible audience for his Alignment thoughts. More than that, it’s a community, a small community too. I’d read the accusations against Maple/Oak/Alex but not heard anything from him. If he hadn’t posted here, it’s unlikely I would have seen this—and I do care to see it.
So I do think it makes sense to post here. I appreciate the bravery required to post it.
Yeah, as Ruby said, this is a community that I care about and publish in, and is where Shekinah linked and discussed her own post. I also want to stand for the truth! I’ve been in this org (Maple) for a while and I think it has a lot to offer the world, and I think it’s been really badly mischaracterized, and I care about sharing what I know, and this community cares a lot about the truth in a way that is different to most of the rest of the world. IMO the comments on this post so far are impressively balanced, considerate, epistemically humble, and just generally intelligent. I can’t think where else to have such a reasonable discussion about something like this!
(Good question btw!)