Re-reading that post, I came upon this entry, which seems particularly relevant:
We’re all living in a figment of Eliezer Yudkowsky’s imagination, which came into existence as he started contemplating the potential consequences of deleting a certain Less Wrong post.
Assuming we can trust the veracity of this “fact”, I think we have to begin to doubt Eliezer’s rationality. I mean, sure, the Streisand effect is a real thing, but causing Roko’s obscure thought experiment to become the subject of the #1 recently most read article on Slate, just by censoring it? Is that really realistic?
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Seriously, did anyone actually see something like this coming?
Let’s check featured articles on the main page on 19 July 2014....and...there we go.
“Eliezer Yudkowsky Facts” as a featured article. Wow, that’s certainly one way to react to this kind of criticism.
(I approve.)
Re-reading that post, I came upon this entry, which seems particularly relevant:
Assuming we can trust the veracity of this “fact”, I think we have to begin to doubt Eliezer’s rationality. I mean, sure, the Streisand effect is a real thing, but causing Roko’s obscure thought experiment to become the subject of the #1 recently most read article on Slate, just by censoring it? Is that really realistic?
...
Seriously, did anyone actually see something like this coming?