I’m surprised you feel that “the current zeitgeist on the forum underweights [the opinion ‘I support Bostrom’]”—my sense is that most upvoted comments are supportive of his apology, and I haven’t seen any advocating that he face professional censure.
At the time Cinera’s post was published, the most upvoted post on the EA forum about the controversy was this post, which explicitly said that Bostrom’s apology was insufficient,
His apology fails badly to fully take responsibility or display an understanding of the harm the views expressed represent.
Most comments on the matter I’ve actually seen were critical/condemning. It sounds like several supporters were not vocally expressing their positions?
The opinion itself may not be that controversial, but it’s very much a minority in terms of actual comments on the matter?
The current top-voted comments on the original post are: 1) a moderator asking people to remember community norms, 2) a commenter asking people to be kind and charitable, and 3) someone who says “The original email (written 26 years ago) was horrible, but Bostrom’s apology seems reasonable” and criticises the author of the post for attempting to stir up drama.
I’m surprised you feel that “the current zeitgeist on the forum underweights [the opinion ‘I support Bostrom’]”—my sense is that most upvoted comments are supportive of his apology, and I haven’t seen any advocating that he face professional censure.
At the time Cinera’s post was published, the most upvoted post on the EA forum about the controversy was this post, which explicitly said that Bostrom’s apology was insufficient,
Most comments on the matter I’ve actually seen were critical/condemning. It sounds like several supporters were not vocally expressing their positions?
The opinion itself may not be that controversial, but it’s very much a minority in terms of actual comments on the matter?
The current top-voted comments on the original post are: 1) a moderator asking people to remember community norms, 2) a commenter asking people to be kind and charitable, and 3) someone who says “The original email (written 26 years ago) was horrible, but Bostrom’s apology seems reasonable” and criticises the author of the post for attempting to stir up drama.