But at the end of the day, this is supposed to be a rationalist community. All I did was communicate a true fact, without attempting to “sound righteous”—which is a form of social signalling.
If we cannot state true facts without false accusations of social signalling being levelled—well, then we have a long we to go as a rationalist group.
Telling someone off because they tripped your righteousness detector when all they are trying to do is present an accurate piece of the map is not good group epistemic rationality.
But at the end of the day, this is supposed to be a rationalist community. All I did was communicate a true fact, without attempting to “sound righteous”—which is a form of social signalling.
If we cannot state true facts without false accusations of social signalling being levelled—well, then we have a long we to go as a rationalist group.
Telling someone off because they tripped your righteousness detector when all they are trying to do is present an accurate piece of the map is not good group epistemic rationality.