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hairyfigment comments on Rationality Quotes Thread August 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: hairyfigment 29 August 2015 07:03:48PM 1 point [-]
Comment author: Clarity 19 October 2015 07:54:00AM -2 points [-]

Ahem.

  • May I point out that the link above links to a post with negative karma
  • I decided to investigate the Voice of Ra issue after seeing an apparently baseless accusation elsewhere (not this thread) that he was downvoting retributively
  • The logic given in the above link for his allegedly multiple identities is extremely poor. I am entirely unconvinced and shame all those who have both accused him or naively accepted those accusations without good reason
  • Both his contributions that I have are overwhelmingly high quality.
  • I wouldn't go as far as to counter claim that other rationalists are retributively accusing him, since I have no reason to privellage that hypothesis. It is interesting, however, that the claim is made that it is well known that he uses multiple identities for nefarious purposes. I dare say that if it was the case that he was so dodgy, I suspect Nancy or another moderator would take action, as has been done before and has recieved considerable karma in consequence.
  • I call for all the accused to substantiate their claims thoroughly, or apologise to both VoiceofRa and his alleged secondary accounts.
  • I call for any higher status users in our community to really critically consider such claims the same way you might critically look at other privellaged areas and not accept bullying and slander where it may exist. I hope some of the unofficial LW leadership take some initiative here.