Wei_Dai comments on Thoughts on the Singularity Institute (SI) - Less Wrong
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You can't have it both ways. If it's nonsense, then the importance is that someone took it seriously (like a donor), not anyone's reaction to that someone taking it seriously (like Eliezer). If it's not nonsense, then someone taking it seriously is not the issue, but someone's reaction to taking it seriously (the censorship). Make up your mind.
I don't believe at any point in my comment did I claim the dropping out of school represented precisely 0 Bayesian evidence...