if we take as a given that we ought to treat people well and avoid claiming special knowledge of their internals, while maintaining the integrity of our personal and professional circles of trust.
If we take this as a given, I’m happy for people to categorise others however they’d like! I haven’t noticed people other than you taking that perspective in this thread
My read is that in practice many people in the online LW community are fairly hostile, and many people in the labs think the community doesn’t know what they’re talking about and totally ignores them/doesn’t really care if they’re made to walk the metaphorical plank.
If we take this as a given, I’m happy for people to categorise others however they’d like! I haven’t noticed people other than you taking that perspective in this thread
Oh man — I sure hope making ‘defectors’ and lab safety staff walk the metaphorical plank isn’t on the table. Then we’re really in trouble.
My read is that in practice many people in the online LW community are fairly hostile, and many people in the labs think the community doesn’t know what they’re talking about and totally ignores them/doesn’t really care if they’re made to walk the metaphorical plank.