We're discussing an article that judges LW for believing in the basilisk. Whether the founder believes in the basilisk is a lot more pertinent to judging LW than whether some randomly chosen person on LW believes in it, so there's a good reason to discuss Eliezer's belief specifically.
WARNING: Memetic hazard.
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/07/roko_s_basilisk_the_most_terrifying_thought_experiment_of_all_time.html?wpisrc=obnetwork
Is there anything we should do?