I’ve stumbled here after getting more interested in the object-level debate around pronatalism. I am glad you posted this because, in the abstract, I think it’s worthwhile to point out where someone may not be engaging in good faith within our community.
Having said that, I wish you had framed the Collins’ actions in a little more good faith yourself. I do not consider that one quoted tweet to be evidence that of an “opportunistic power grab”. I think it’s probably a bit unhealthy to see our movement in terms of competing factions, and to seek wins for one’s own faction through strategic means rather than through open debate.
But I’m not sure Malcolm Collins is quite there, on the evidence you’ve said. It seems like he’s happy that (according to him) his own favored cause area will get more attention (in the months since this has been posted, I don’t think his prediction has proven correct). I don’t think that’s the same as actively seeking a power grab—it might just be a slightly cynical, though realistic, view that even in a community that tries to promote healthy epistemics, sociological forces are going to have an influence on what we do.
I’ve stumbled here after getting more interested in the object-level debate around pronatalism. I am glad you posted this because, in the abstract, I think it’s worthwhile to point out where someone may not be engaging in good faith within our community.
Having said that, I wish you had framed the Collins’ actions in a little more good faith yourself. I do not consider that one quoted tweet to be evidence that of an “opportunistic power grab”. I think it’s probably a bit unhealthy to see our movement in terms of competing factions, and to seek wins for one’s own faction through strategic means rather than through open debate.
But I’m not sure Malcolm Collins is quite there, on the evidence you’ve said. It seems like he’s happy that (according to him) his own favored cause area will get more attention (in the months since this has been posted, I don’t think his prediction has proven correct). I don’t think that’s the same as actively seeking a power grab—it might just be a slightly cynical, though realistic, view that even in a community that tries to promote healthy epistemics, sociological forces are going to have an influence on what we do.