Also talk to me if you recognize this cultural offputtingness I’m talking about: I’m preparing a series of posts on diversity and AI and need to back it up as much as I can, despite the youth of the field.
The “please send me supporting anecdotes” method of evidence gathering.
Well that is a step among others, and asking is better than not asking and acting as if there was no issues at all. I didn’t specify the epistemic value I would attribute to these testimonies, so this is a sneaky comment.
But I was expecting you—never fail to comment negatively on posts that dare bringing up these issues. For someone who clearly says in a comment under a post about political opinions on EA that we need more right-wingers in EA and who also says that EA shouldn’t be carrying leftist discourses to avoid being discredited, you sure are consistent in your fights. Nothing much about the content of the post though so I guess you didn’t have much to say aside from inferring the epistemic value I’d put on anecdotal data.
For those who would worry about the ‘personal aspect’ of this comment, understand that when you see a pattern of someone constantly advocating against a topic every time it’s brought up on the topic, it sounds legitimate to me to understand why such a thing happen. There is motivated reasoning here—I don’t expect objectivity on this topic from someone who so openly shows their political camp. Since Larks isn’t attacking anything content-wise about the post other than some assumption on methodology, I do feel justified to note Lark’s lack of objectivity.
That is all I needed to say, there is no need to comment further on my side to avoid escalation. I just want people to have a clear picture of who is commenting here and the motivation behind.
The “please send me supporting anecdotes” method of evidence gathering.
Well that is a step among others, and asking is better than not asking and acting as if there was no issues at all. I didn’t specify the epistemic value I would attribute to these testimonies, so this is a sneaky comment.
But I was expecting you—never fail to comment negatively on posts that dare bringing up these issues. For someone who clearly says in a comment under a post about political opinions on EA that we need more right-wingers in EA and who also says that EA shouldn’t be carrying leftist discourses to avoid being discredited, you sure are consistent in your fights. Nothing much about the content of the post though so I guess you didn’t have much to say aside from inferring the epistemic value I’d put on anecdotal data.
For those who would worry about the ‘personal aspect’ of this comment, understand that when you see a pattern of someone constantly advocating against a topic every time it’s brought up on the topic, it sounds legitimate to me to understand why such a thing happen. There is motivated reasoning here—I don’t expect objectivity on this topic from someone who so openly shows their political camp. Since Larks isn’t attacking anything content-wise about the post other than some assumption on methodology, I do feel justified to note Lark’s lack of objectivity.
That is all I needed to say, there is no need to comment further on my side to avoid escalation. I just want people to have a clear picture of who is commenting here and the motivation behind.