And so I think that this post both describes and advances the canonical “state of the argument” with respect to the Sharp Left Turn (and similar concerns). I hope that other people will also find it helpful in improving their understanding of e.g. objections to basic evolutionary analogies (and why those objections shouldn’t make you very optimistic).
Curated. This post does at least two things I find very valuable:
Accurately represents differing perspectives on a contentious topic
Makes clear, epistemically legible arguments on a confusing topic
And so I think that this post both describes and advances the canonical “state of the argument” with respect to the Sharp Left Turn (and similar concerns). I hope that other people will also find it helpful in improving their understanding of e.g. objections to basic evolutionary analogies (and why those objections shouldn’t make you very optimistic).