Comment on Is Scott Alexander bad at math?

Wed, 06 May 2015 22:06:51 GMT

Here too, it's unclear to me what your intent is in engaging with me. You seem upset with me, and I don't have an intuitive understanding of why. How could I interact with you with you and others in a way that wouldn't rub you the wrong way? I'm happy to seriously consider any suggestions. I don't want to rub anyone the wrong way.

But I'm not going to apologize for who I am. I'm someone who's deeply devoted to helping people, and who's spent thousands of hours of hard work developing very deep understanding of substantive intellectual material. I should be able to tell people who I am without facing hostility, in the same way that a gay person should be able to say that he or she is gay without facing hostility.

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