gwern comments on Open Thread, November 23-30, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 25 November 2013 01:10:35AM 4 points [-]

Paul Graham might be guilty of the latter, but there's certainly little evidence to judge him guilty of the former.

I wasn't aware we were a courtroom and we were holding our opinions to a level of 'beyond a reasonable doubt'. I was pointing out that silence is often consent & agreement (which it certainly is), that PG has expressed quite a few opinions a neoreactionary might also hold (consistent with holding neoreactionary views, albeit weak evidence), and he has been silent on the article (weak evidence, to be sure, but again, consistent).

Comment author: [deleted] 26 November 2013 05:41:22PM 3 points [-]

that PG has expressed quite a few opinions a neoreactionary might also hold

<nitpick>IAWYC but the relevant standard is “which a neoreactionary is more likely to hold than a non-reactionary”. I'd guess both Ozy Frantz and Eugine_Nier would agree about the colour of the sky, but...</nitpick>