I have mixed feelings because I understand what the post is getting at but think this is a good example of a person writing their thoughts without considering how others will perceive them. E.g. there is no need to say ‘quality of person’ to get the point across, but doing so might make more sense if the author’s mental process is simply ‘writing down, as accurately as possible, what I believe’ and there’s no flagging of how a message might be received.
This problem seems common to me in the rationality community. Not meaning to dig at Thomas in particular, only to point it out, since I think it could reduce the diversity of the EA community along important lines.
I have mixed feelings because I understand what the post is getting at but think this is a good example of a person writing their thoughts without considering how others will perceive them. E.g. there is no need to say ‘quality of person’ to get the point across, but doing so might make more sense if the author’s mental process is simply ‘writing down, as accurately as possible, what I believe’ and there’s no flagging of how a message might be received.
This problem seems common to me in the rationality community. Not meaning to dig at Thomas in particular, only to point it out, since I think it could reduce the diversity of the EA community along important lines.