This is not an accurate representation of Bostromโs apology
Bostrom is a transhumanist philosopher, and has written on human enhancement; it is important to defend human enhancement as a noble pursuit and distinct from the historical eugenics movement
If Bostrom believes that there may be racial differences in intelligence, I donโt want him to lie about it.
Maintaining epistemic integrity is important as individuals, but itโs especially important for our intellectuals thinking about the long term future of humanity.
A scenario where the public statements of our intellectuals canโt be trusted because theyโre optimising for social acceptability is a very bad situation. I think the aggregate harm from eroding such epistemic trust is likely much worse than the harm from Bostromโs offensive remarks.
I strongly disagree with this.
This is not an accurate representation of Bostromโs apology
Bostrom is a transhumanist philosopher, and has written on human enhancement; it is important to defend human enhancement as a noble pursuit and distinct from the historical eugenics movement
If Bostrom believes that there may be racial differences in intelligence, I donโt want him to lie about it.
Maintaining epistemic integrity is important as individuals, but itโs especially important for our intellectuals thinking about the long term future of humanity.
A scenario where the public statements of our intellectuals canโt be trusted because theyโre optimising for social acceptability is a very bad situation. I think the aggregate harm from eroding such epistemic trust is likely much worse than the harm from Bostromโs offensive remarks.