Thanks Will—I apologize for mischaracterizing your views, and am very happy to see that I was misunderstanding your actual position. I have edited the post to clarify.
I’m especially happy about the clarification because I think there was at least a perception in the community that you and/or others do, in fact, endorse this position, and therefore that it is the “mainstream EA view,” albeit one which almost everyone I have spoken to about the issue in detail seems to disagree with.
Thanks Will—I apologize for mischaracterizing your views, and am very happy to see that I was misunderstanding your actual position. I have edited the post to clarify.
I’m especially happy about the clarification because I think there was at least a perception in the community that you and/or others do, in fact, endorse this position, and therefore that it is the “mainstream EA view,” albeit one which almost everyone I have spoken to about the issue in detail seems to disagree with.