There might be quite a number of people who feel pretty indifferent about the subject and thusly don’t comment on those threads. I am one of those people, and when I read through the comments, a quote from EY came to my mind:
People go funny in the head when talking about politics.
While this is not exactly politics, it might trigger similar mechanisms—those which also cause males to be homophobic, and the like. I’m not trying to say that everyone in the comments went funny, but some of the comments certainly are not a product of reason alone.
It seems to me that the second post led to such confused, funny-going minds more than the first post.
To me, quite the only relevant question here is “should we accept and respect this kind of behaviour?” and my answer is a definite yes.
In a totally unrelated question, I’d be interested in where exactly you see a kind of “singularity-worship”. Where do you see problems? What is it that makes you flinch? Where are we going too far?
To me, quite the only relevant question here is “should we accept and respect this kind of behaviour?” and my answer is a definite yes.
This is my view as well, and I think and hope that most on LessWrong also agree with it. If someone is happiest presenting themselves as a blegg then that’s how they they should present themselves and that is how others should treat them. The question of whether they are “really” a blegg or a rube is completely orthogonal.
If someone is happiest presenting themselves as a blegg then that’s how they they should present themselves and that is how others should treat them. The question of whether they are “really” a blegg or a rube is completely orthogonal.
In any circumstances? If I’m happiest presenting myself as a paperclip maximizer and I’m not should I do so? If I’m happiest presenting myself as a biochemist and I’m not is that ok? I agree with the sentiment in question as long as we are discussing sexual and gender identiy, but it seems to me that you are making too general a claim.
There might be quite a number of people who feel pretty indifferent about the subject and thusly don’t comment on those threads. I am one of those people, and when I read through the comments, a quote from EY came to my mind:
(http://lesswrong.com/lw/gw/politics_is_the_mindkiller/)
While this is not exactly politics, it might trigger similar mechanisms—those which also cause males to be homophobic, and the like. I’m not trying to say that everyone in the comments went funny, but some of the comments certainly are not a product of reason alone.
Also, I felt that some people were confused about the question—is it a blegg or a rube??!
It seems to me that the second post led to such confused, funny-going minds more than the first post.
To me, quite the only relevant question here is “should we accept and respect this kind of behaviour?” and my answer is a definite yes.
In a totally unrelated question, I’d be interested in where exactly you see a kind of “singularity-worship”. Where do you see problems? What is it that makes you flinch? Where are we going too far?
This is my view as well, and I think and hope that most on LessWrong also agree with it. If someone is happiest presenting themselves as a blegg then that’s how they they should present themselves and that is how others should treat them. The question of whether they are “really” a blegg or a rube is completely orthogonal.
In any circumstances? If I’m happiest presenting myself as a paperclip maximizer and I’m not should I do so? If I’m happiest presenting myself as a biochemist and I’m not is that ok? I agree with the sentiment in question as long as we are discussing sexual and gender identiy, but it seems to me that you are making too general a claim.
This seems to lead back to this thread over on the other post.