I would recommend taking some time to double-check this before doing something hard to undo.
How much time do you recommend? The thing is I already didn't like credibility, so this new action isn't a drastic change, just a quickening.
he didn't realize his initial analysis was wrong. In fact as far as I know, he still hasn't realized it.
I'm actually not sure what you have in mind here. We might want to discuss this via PM. (Obviously I'm already familiar with the basilisk and the class of problems it's representative of.)
As I read more of this thread, I come to realize that you may actually have a good point. Now I'm curious. I'm going to PM you.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. Don't worry, there won't be future posts like this, so you don't have to delete my LessWrong account, and anyway I could make another, and another.
But since you've dared to read this far:
Credibility. Should you maximize it, or minimize it? Have I made an error?
Discuss.
Don't be shallow, don't just consider the obvious points. Consider that I've thought about this for many, many hours, and that you don't have any privileged information. Whence our disagreement, if one exists?