I like a lot of Scott Alexander's work and can understand why someone like Trace would be a fan, too. There are a lot of different Rationalists, and I don't think the existence of one odd Rationalist cult need vitiate the entire movement.
Yudkowsky always seemed weird and speculative enough to me that I didn't bother with him, so I will neither defend nor attack him. Thanks for your take.
I like a lot of Scott Alexander's work and can understand why someone like Trace would be a fan, too. There are a lot of different Rationalists, and I don't think the existence of one odd Rationalist cult need vitiate the entire movement.
Yudkowsky always seemed weird and speculative enough to me that I didn't bother with him, so I will neither defend nor attack him. Thanks for your take.
To be clear I like a lot of Scott Alexander's stuff too. Fortunately he's mellowed and developed a sense of humor around a number of topics he used to be genuinely angry about.
I also think the merger with effective altruism has been pretty healthy for the movement too (for rationalism I mean, not sure about the effect on EA). Scott seems more aligned with EA than rationalism these days, which is something I can respect a lot more.
I like a lot of Scott Alexander's work and can understand why someone like Trace would be a fan, too. There are a lot of different Rationalists, and I don't think the existence of one odd Rationalist cult need vitiate the entire movement.
Yudkowsky always seemed weird and speculative enough to me that I didn't bother with him, so I will neither defend nor attack him. Thanks for your take.
To be clear I like a lot of Scott Alexander's stuff too. Fortunately he's mellowed and developed a sense of humor around a number of topics he used to be genuinely angry about.
I also think the merger with effective altruism has been pretty healthy for the movement too (for rationalism I mean, not sure about the effect on EA). Scott seems more aligned with EA than rationalism these days, which is something I can respect a lot more.