we can reduce the apparent and actual extent to which we’re an Eliezer fan-club or echo chamber, and improve our armor against the emotional and social pressures that “we all think the Great Leader is perfect”
I think Eli has succeeded in attracting enough very clever people to the community that this is not a massive danger. If Robin, you, Carl S, Yvain, Nick T, Nick Hay, Vladimir N, etc all disagreed with him for the same reason, and he didn’t retract, he would look silly.
I think Eli has succeeded in attracting enough very clever people to the community that this is not a massive danger. If Robin, you, Carl S, Yvain, Nick T, Nick Hay, Vladimir N, etc all disagreed with him for the same reason, and he didn’t retract, he would look silly.