HughRistik comments on Should I believe what the SIAI claims? - Less Wrong

23 Post author: XiXiDu 12 August 2010 02:33PM

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 13 August 2010 11:38:38PM 10 points [-]

Getting annoyed (at one of your own donors!) for such a request is not a way to win.

I don't begrudge SIAI at all for using Less Wrong as a platform for increasing its donor base, but I can definitely see myself getting annoyed sooner or later, if SIAI donors keep posting low-quality comments or posts, and then expecting special treatment for being a donor. You can ask Eliezer to not get annoyed, but is it fair to expect all the other LW regulars to do the same as well?

I'm not sure what the solution is to this problem, but I'm hoping that somebody is thinking about it.

Comment author: HughRistik 14 August 2010 12:27:12AM 2 points [-]

I can definitely see myself getting annoyed sooner or later, if SIAI donors keep posting low-quality comments or posts, and then expecting special treatment for being a donor.

Me too. The reason I upvoted this post was because I hoped it would stimulate higher quality discussion (whether complimentary, critical, or both) of SIAI in the future. I've been hoping to see such a discussion on LW for a while to help me think through some things.

Comment author: ciphergoth 15 August 2010 07:12:33PM 3 points [-]

In other words, you see XiXiDu's post as the defector in the Asch experiment who chooses C when the group chooses B but the right answer is A?