I don’t think everyone deserves the assumption of good faith at all times, but you haven’t given enough reason to believe Geoffrey Miller doesn’t, and I’m pretty sure you can’t. If you’re going to make accusations, you should have good reasons to do so and explain them. Merely contradicting something someone said is not nearly enough; people can be wrong without being disingenuous. Accusations make productive conversation more difficult, can be hurtful, can push people away from the community and may have other risks, so we shouldn’t have a low bar for making them.
You also don’t even have to privately assume the best of someone or good faith; just keep conversations civil and charitable, and don’t make unsubstantiated accusations. If you want to argue that we should be more skeptical of people’s motives, that’s plausible and that can be a valuable discussion, but shouldn’t be started by attacking another user without good reason.
With FTX, there were important red flags, including the ones you pointed out.
I don’t think everyone deserves the assumption of good faith at all times, but you haven’t given enough reason to believe Geoffrey Miller doesn’t, and I’m pretty sure you can’t. If you’re going to make accusations, you should have good reasons to do so and explain them. Merely contradicting something someone said is not nearly enough; people can be wrong without being disingenuous. Accusations make productive conversation more difficult, can be hurtful, can push people away from the community and may have other risks, so we shouldn’t have a low bar for making them.
You also don’t even have to privately assume the best of someone or good faith; just keep conversations civil and charitable, and don’t make unsubstantiated accusations. If you want to argue that we should be more skeptical of people’s motives, that’s plausible and that can be a valuable discussion, but shouldn’t be started by attacking another user without good reason.
With FTX, there were important red flags, including the ones you pointed out.