I think most onlookers would interpret Richard as saying “Rationalists and EAs are unusually bad at this”. Insofar as Richard thinks that, I want to publicly dispute it. Insofar as he doesn’t, and this is a miscommunication, I want to correct the record.
That rationalists are better than average does not exempt us from the problems caused by our not being remotely good enough, which is why I plan to write about it.
I think most onlookers would interpret Richard as saying “Rationalists and EAs are unusually bad at this”. Insofar as Richard thinks that, I want to publicly dispute it. Insofar as he doesn’t, and this is a miscommunication, I want to correct the record.
That rationalists are better than average does not exempt us from the problems caused by our not being remotely good enough, which is why I plan to write about it.