Some of the behaviour described here happened solely in the rationalist community. This isn’t a rationalist forum. While we can discuss it, we don’t need to defend the rationalists (and I’d say I am one). They can look after themselves and there is a reason that EA and rationalism are separate. I think at times we want to take responsibility for everything, but some of this just didn’t happen in EA community spaces.
Some of this behaviour is in EA spaces and that’s different.
Some of the behaviour described here happened solely in the rationalist community. This isn’t a rationalist forum. While we can discuss it, we don’t need to defend the rationalists (and I’d say I am one). They can look after themselves and there is a reason that EA and rationalism are separate. I think at times we want to take responsibility for everything, but some of this just didn’t happen in EA community spaces.
Some of this behaviour is in EA spaces and that’s different.