Agreed. But you didn’t do that. You made a point which (without reading your supporting argumentation) interacted with none of what Will had said.
Sure it did. The OP suggested a body that made decisions based on some set of explicit principles. I objected to the idea of explicit principles.
Your first comment was actually in reply to Will Macaskill, the OP.
Okay, well then let’s just be clear on what comments we’re referring to, so that we don’t confuse each other like this.
Here this what happens. I argue in Thread A that making an EA gatekeeper panel would be a terrible idea. Then Thread B is created where the OP argues for an EA gatekeeper panel which is guided by explicit principles. In Thread B I state that I don’t like the idea of explicit principles.
Apparently you think I can’t say that I don’t like the idea of explicit principles without also adding “oh, by the way, here’s a link to other posts I made about how I don’t like everything else in your blog post.” Yes, I could have done that. I chose not to. Why this matters, I don’t know. In this case, I assumed that Will MacAskill, who is making the official statement on behalf of the CEA after careful evaluation and discussion behind the scenes, knew about the comments in the prior thread before making his post.
Sure it did. The OP suggested a body that made decisions based on some set of explicit principles. I objected to the idea of explicit principles.
Okay, well then let’s just be clear on what comments we’re referring to, so that we don’t confuse each other like this.
Here this what happens. I argue in Thread A that making an EA gatekeeper panel would be a terrible idea. Then Thread B is created where the OP argues for an EA gatekeeper panel which is guided by explicit principles. In Thread B I state that I don’t like the idea of explicit principles.
Apparently you think I can’t say that I don’t like the idea of explicit principles without also adding “oh, by the way, here’s a link to other posts I made about how I don’t like everything else in your blog post.” Yes, I could have done that. I chose not to. Why this matters, I don’t know. In this case, I assumed that Will MacAskill, who is making the official statement on behalf of the CEA after careful evaluation and discussion behind the scenes, knew about the comments in the prior thread before making his post.