Habryka—I read several earlier versions of the documentation. I’m familiar with the contents. I understand that others will want to take their time before reaching judgments. Fair enough.
Ah, that makes more sense. I agree that if you’ve read earlier versions of the documentation, then you are of course in a better position to judge things.
I do think this sentence could use some rephrasing in that case:
I hope it’s clear to most EAs that Ben Pace could have done a much better job fact-checking his allegations against Nonlinear, and in getting their side of the story.
Since you are talking about the epistemic state of “most EAs” here, who of course haven’t had advance access to the documentation here, and so aren’t really in a position to have made up their mind on this. I do think it’s fine for you to express a more overall judgement here, and am looking forward to comparing notes and takes when I am in a more similar epistemic state.
Habryka—I read several earlier versions of the documentation. I’m familiar with the contents. I understand that others will want to take their time before reaching judgments. Fair enough.
Ah, that makes more sense. I agree that if you’ve read earlier versions of the documentation, then you are of course in a better position to judge things.
I do think this sentence could use some rephrasing in that case:
Since you are talking about the epistemic state of “most EAs” here, who of course haven’t had advance access to the documentation here, and so aren’t really in a position to have made up their mind on this. I do think it’s fine for you to express a more overall judgement here, and am looking forward to comparing notes and takes when I am in a more similar epistemic state.
Yes, I should have said ‘I hope it will be clear to most EAs that Ben Pace could have done a much better job....’