No, what I complained about is the lack of work on SI part to actually try to check if it is correct, knowing that negative would mean that it has to dissolve. Big difference. SI should play Russian roulette (with the reality and logic as revolver) now - it is sure the bullet is not in the chamber - and maybe die if it was wrong.
So you think they should work on papers, posts, and formal arguments?
I think they should work more on 'dissolving if their work is counter-productive', i.e. incorporate some self evaluation/feedback, which, if consistently negative would lead to not asking for any more money. To not do that makes them a scam scheme, plain and simple. ( I do not care that you truly believe here is an invisible dragon in your garage, if you never tried to, say, spread flour to see it, or otherwise check. Especially if you're the one repackaging that dragon thing for popular consumption )
I was wondering - what fraction of people here agree with Holden's advice regarding donations, and his arguments? What fraction assumes there is a good chance he is essentially correct? What fraction finds it necessary to determine whenever Holden is essentially correct in his assessment, before working on counter argumentation, acknowledging that such investigation should be able to result in dissolution or suspension of SI?
It would seem to me, from the response, that the chosen course of action is to try to improve the presentation of the argument, rather than to try to verify truth values of the assertions (with the non-negligible likelihood of assertions being found false instead). This strikes me as very odd stance.
Ultimately: why SI seems certain that it has badly presented some valid reasoning, rather than tried to present some invalid reasoning?
edit: I am interested in knowing why people agree/disagree with Holden, and what likehood they give to him being essentially correct, rather than a number or a ratio (that would be subject to selection bias).