Leverage Research, including partial takeover of CEA
I am very shocked. What exactly happened? How could this happen? How could the CEA possibly let itself be infiltrated by a cult striving to take over the world? And how could an organization founded by academics fail to scrutinize Leverage’s pseudo-scientific and manipulative use of concepts and techniques related to psychotherapy and rationality? Did CEA ever consult an independent psychological scientist or psychotherapy researcher to assess the ethicality of what Leverage was doing, the accuracy of their claims, or the quality of their “research”? Didn’t it raise any red flags that the people inventing new methods of “psychotherapy” had no training in clinical psychology?
I am very shocked. What exactly happened? How could this happen? How could the CEA possibly let itself be infiltrated by a cult striving to take over the world? And how could an organization founded by academics fail to scrutinize Leverage’s pseudo-scientific and manipulative use of concepts and techniques related to psychotherapy and rationality? Did CEA ever consult an independent psychological scientist or psychotherapy researcher to assess the ethicality of what Leverage was doing, the accuracy of their claims, or the quality of their “research”? Didn’t it raise any red flags that the people inventing new methods of “psychotherapy” had no training in clinical psychology?
You can read more about CEA’s relationship with Leverage Research on our mistakes page.
I’m not the best person to speak on this, but note that the people listed second and third on Leverage’s teams page used to be CEA’s CEO and Head of Events, Groups, and Grants.