Seems like both EVF and OpenPhil claim this was a separate grant specifically for the property, in which case it seems pretty unlikely to me that it came out of OpenPhil’s “EVF/CEA budget”. I’m definitely not seeing any evidence of EVF making an internal resource-allocation decision here.
(Regarding the COI point, I think that’s a reasonable thing to raise though I’m not taking a position on it here. Seems unrelated to FTX, though.)
P.S. Please don’t call it a castle, it’s not a castle and calling it one is significantly misleading.
(Regarding the COI point, I think that’s a reasonable thing to raise though I’m not taking a position on it here. Seems unrelated to FTX, though.)
Yes, it’s unrelated.
Please don’t call it a castle
I strongly disagree. Have you seen the pictures? It’s a castle, whatever some formal legal definition might have to say. It’s certainly a castle as far as everyone outside EA is concerned. Saying it isn’t one just makes us look petty, and like our reasoning is based on a semantic argument. Better just to embrace it.
Yes, I’ve seen the pictures and it’s obviously not a castle. (There’s even an actual castle very close by for reference!)
It’s really hard for me to believe someone’s carrying out this conversation in a good-faith, truthseeking manner when they insist on using misleading wording , even after being asked to stop.
It’s really hard for me to believe someone’s carrying out this conversation in a good-faith, truthseeking manner when they insist on using misleading wording , even after being asked to stop.
I don’t know what kind of answer you expect here. You’re “asking me to stop” but I think it would be a bad thing to stop, and I explained why.
Seems like both EVF and OpenPhil claim this was a separate grant specifically for the property, in which case it seems pretty unlikely to me that it came out of OpenPhil’s “EVF/CEA budget”. I’m definitely not seeing any evidence of EVF making an internal resource-allocation decision here.
(Regarding the COI point, I think that’s a reasonable thing to raise though I’m not taking a position on it here. Seems unrelated to FTX, though.)
P.S. Please don’t call it a castle, it’s not a castle and calling it one is significantly misleading.
Yes, it’s unrelated.
I strongly disagree. Have you seen the pictures? It’s a castle, whatever some formal legal definition might have to say. It’s certainly a castle as far as everyone outside EA is concerned. Saying it isn’t one just makes us look petty, and like our reasoning is based on a semantic argument. Better just to embrace it.
Yes, I’ve seen the pictures and it’s obviously not a castle. (There’s even an actual castle very close by for reference!)
It’s really hard for me to believe someone’s carrying out this conversation in a good-faith, truthseeking manner when they insist on using misleading wording , even after being asked to stop.
I don’t know what kind of answer you expect here. You’re “asking me to stop” but I think it would be a bad thing to stop, and I explained why.
If you’re very attached to calling it a castle because you think people will perceive it as one, you could consider the wording “apparent castle”?