These two interpretations seem to be much stronger: http://lesswrong.com/lw/yl/an_african_folktale/r4y http://lesswrong.com/lw/yl/an_african_folktale/r5q
The first interpretation you link to seems particularly sensible. I don’t think Eliezer spent enough time generating additional hypotheses for why this story looks different from stories he’s used to.
These two interpretations seem to be much stronger: http://lesswrong.com/lw/yl/an_african_folktale/r4y http://lesswrong.com/lw/yl/an_african_folktale/r5q
The first interpretation you link to seems particularly sensible. I don’t think Eliezer spent enough time generating additional hypotheses for why this story looks different from stories he’s used to.