Eliezer_2012 is indeed quite fortunate to have been preceded by all those previous Eliezers who did those things.
Eliezer only got to be Eliezer_2012 by doing all those things. Now, maybe Eliezer_201209120 did wake up this morning, as every morning, and think, “how extraordinarily, astoundingly lucky I am to be me!”, and there is some point to that thought—but not one that is relevant to this conversation.
Then, like I implied, he should just admit to making a decision on the basis of his own personal preference (if indeed that’s what’s going on), instead of constructing a rationalization about the opinions of offline folks being somehow more important or “appropriately” filtered.
It is tautologically his preference. I see no reason to think he is being dishonest in his stated reasons for that preference.
I’m afraid the above comment does not contribute any additional information to this discussion, and so I have downvoted it accordingly. Any substantive reply would consist of the repetition of points already made.
Eliezer only got to be Eliezer_2012 by doing all those things. Now, maybe Eliezer_201209120 did wake up this morning, as every morning, and think, “how extraordinarily, astoundingly lucky I am to be me!”, and there is some point to that thought—but not one that is relevant to this conversation.
It is tautologically his preference. I see no reason to think he is being dishonest in his stated reasons for that preference.
I’m afraid the above comment does not contribute any additional information to this discussion, and so I have downvoted it accordingly. Any substantive reply would consist of the repetition of points already made.
You’re welcome.