Are you hesitant to test the default hypothesis of "Eliezer Yudkowsky" because of the vast disutility of interrupting him with such insignificant earthly matters?
Yes. And if SI is letting Eliezer be webmaster as well as AI Researcher, then something is totally wrong.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
If continuing the discussion becomes impractical, that means you win at open threads; a celebratory top-level post on the topic is traditional.
Poster's Note: omg, it felt so weird typing "2012" up there.