Their post about honey seemed epistemically bad / misleading from my perspective, though maybe still interesting enough to be net positive on net.
This post seems basically fine to me. I’d also note that the argument in this post is basically the same as the argument made in Torture vs. Dust Specks, the original post about Shut Up and Multiply, which was controversial, but considered good.[1] (So, I’d in principle be fine with an objection to this post that it’s totally unoriginal, but I doubt that’s why people are downvoting.)
I’m guessing some downvotes are from spill over from the prior post in practice (as in, people disliking the prior post is counterfactual for many downvotes on this post).
Their post about honey seemed epistemically bad / misleading from my perspective, though maybe still interesting enough to be net positive on net.
This post seems basically fine to me. I’d also note that the argument in this post is basically the same as the argument made in Torture vs. Dust Specks, the original post about Shut Up and Multiply, which was controversial, but considered good.[1] (So, I’d in principle be fine with an objection to this post that it’s totally unoriginal, but I doubt that’s why people are downvoting.)
I’m guessing some downvotes are from spill over from the prior post in practice (as in, people disliking the prior post is counterfactual for many downvotes on this post).
A related (and not necessarily virtuous) meme: https://imgflip.com/i/a2e7jx