I don’t think we should help him convince other people of a position that seems to have driven him kinda insane.
It is also kind of funny to me the post references clarity in the title but I honestly don’t even know what Zach thinks about when people should transition. To be clear I think we should be supportive of people who transition. And people should transition iff they think it will make them happier. But whatever the best practical policies are I seriously doubt Zach’s philosophical point of view is going to be prudent to promote or adopt.
It is also kind of funny to me the post references clarity in the title but I honestly don’t even know what Zach thinks about when people should transition.
Zack actually has a post which addresses this sort of question quite directly:
Not sure what “a position” is referring to. Do you mean his beliefs about categorization? His distrust of rationalists? I think lots of people agree with both of these without obsessively writing blog posts and losing sleep, so I don’t think you can attribute his problems solely to this.
I don’t think we should help him convince other people of a position that seems to have driven him kinda insane.
It is also kind of funny to me the post references clarity in the title but I honestly don’t even know what Zach thinks about when people should transition. To be clear I think we should be supportive of people who transition. And people should transition iff they think it will make them happier. But whatever the best practical policies are I seriously doubt Zach’s philosophical point of view is going to be prudent to promote or adopt.
Zack actually has a post which addresses this sort of question quite directly:
http://unremediatedgender.space/2021/Sep/i-dont-do-policy/
Not sure what “a position” is referring to. Do you mean his beliefs about categorization? His distrust of rationalists? I think lots of people agree with both of these without obsessively writing blog posts and losing sleep, so I don’t think you can attribute his problems solely to this.