I observe that wedifrid has taken advantage of this particular opportunity to remind everyone that he thinks I am belligerent, whiny, condescending, and cynical.
I notice that my criticism was made specifically regarding the exhibition of those behaviors in the comments he has made about the subject he has brought up here. We can even see that I made specific links. Eliezer seems to be conflating this with a declaration that he has those features as part of his innate disposition.
By saying that wedrifid is reminding people that he (supposedly) believes Eliezer has those dispositions he also implies that wedrifid has said this previously. This is odd because I find myself to be fairly open with making criticisms of Eliezer whenever I feel them justified and from what I recall “belligerent, whiny, condescending, and cynical [about the lesswrong community]” isn’t remotely like a list of weaknesses that I actually have described Eliezer as having in general or at any particular time that I recall.
Usually when people make this kind of muddled accusation I attribute it to a failure of epistemic rationality and luminosity. Many people just aren’t able to separate in their minds a specific criticism of an action and belief about innate traits. Dismissing Eliezer as merely being incompetent at the very skills he is renowned for would seem more insulting than simply concluding that he is being deliberately disingenuous.
So noted because I was a bit unhappy at how the conversation suddenly got steered there.
My suggestion is that Eliezer would be best served by not bringing the conversation here repeatedly. It sends all sorts of signals of incompetence. That ‘unhappy’ feeling is there to help him learn from his mistakes.
I notice that my criticism was made specifically regarding the exhibition of those behaviors in the comments he has made about the subject he has brought up here. We can even see that I made specific links. Eliezer seems to be conflating this with a declaration that he has those features as part of his innate disposition.
By saying that wedrifid is reminding people that he (supposedly) believes Eliezer has those dispositions he also implies that wedrifid has said this previously. This is odd because I find myself to be fairly open with making criticisms of Eliezer whenever I feel them justified and from what I recall “belligerent, whiny, condescending, and cynical [about the lesswrong community]” isn’t remotely like a list of weaknesses that I actually have described Eliezer as having in general or at any particular time that I recall.
Usually when people make this kind of muddled accusation I attribute it to a failure of epistemic rationality and luminosity. Many people just aren’t able to separate in their minds a specific criticism of an action and belief about innate traits. Dismissing Eliezer as merely being incompetent at the very skills he is renowned for would seem more insulting than simply concluding that he is being deliberately disingenuous.
My suggestion is that Eliezer would be best served by not bringing the conversation here repeatedly. It sends all sorts of signals of incompetence. That ‘unhappy’ feeling is there to help him learn from his mistakes.