I was one of those who criticized Kat’s response pretty heavily, but I really appreciated TracingWoodgrains’ analysis and it did shift my perspective. I was operating from an assumption that Ben & Hab were using an appropriate truthseeking process, because why wouldn’t they? But now I have the sense that they didn’t respond to counterevidence from Spencer G (and others), and the promise of counterevidence from Nonlinear, appropriately. So now I’m confused enough to agree with TW’s conclusion: mistrial!
(edit: mind you, as my older comments suggest, in the end I won’t end up thinking Kat did nothing wrong at all. This post raises doubts about Ben’s approach to the case, though, due to which it’s hard to tell out how bad or not bad the conduct was.)
I was one of those who criticized Kat’s response pretty heavily, but I really appreciated TracingWoodgrains’ analysis and it did shift my perspective. I was operating from an assumption that Ben & Hab were using an appropriate truthseeking process, because why wouldn’t they? But now I have the sense that they didn’t respond to counterevidence from Spencer G (and others), and the promise of counterevidence from Nonlinear, appropriately. So now I’m confused enough to agree with TW’s conclusion: mistrial!
(edit: mind you, as my older comments suggest, in the end I won’t end up thinking Kat did nothing wrong at all. This post raises doubts about Ben’s approach to the case, though, due to which it’s hard to tell out how bad or not bad the conduct was.)