Out of hundreds of guests, there were a handful people who might hold views you disagree with that were allowed to come to a conference which was not about their controversial views?
As someone said on Twitter, "They allowed Republicans to attend? The horror!"
It is my strong belief that each of us have something to learn even from these people with controversial views.
The Guardian article cited Jonathan Anomaly's "liberal, non-coercive eugenics". Is that so bad that we can never discuss it? We have to shun such people and destroy their careers so that the silencing affect is so large that no one dares to ever bring it up again?
That's pure authoritarian censorship. I truly believe you guys should all be ashamed of yourselves. This is not how we build the best future.
The wisest among us know to reserve judgment and engage intellectually even with ideas we don't believe in. Have some humility -- you might not be right about everything!
I think EA is getting worse precisely because it is more normie and not accepting of true intellectual diversity.
Lastly, you might not know this, but there's broad agreement among the smartest people that HBD is true. I've been in the room before. The data is very obvious if you undertake research yourself -- it is just taboo. Many decide that the world is better off hiding this knowledge, but I think there is a middle ground.
Out of hundreds of guests, there were a handful people who might hold views you disagree with that were allowed to come to a conference which was not about their controversial views?
As someone said on Twitter, "They allowed Republicans to attend? The horror!"
It is my strong belief that each of us have something to learn even from these people with controversial views.
The Guardian article cited Jonathan Anomaly's "liberal, non-coercive eugenics". Is that so bad that we can never discuss it? We have to shun such people and destroy their careers so that the silencing affect is so large that no one dares to ever bring it up again?
That's pure authoritarian censorship. I truly believe you guys should all be ashamed of yourselves. This is not how we build the best future.
The wisest among us know to reserve judgment and engage intellectually even with ideas we don't believe in. Have some humility -- you might not be right about everything!
I think EA is getting worse precisely because it is more normie and not accepting of true intellectual diversity.
Lastly, you might not know this, but there's broad agreement among the smartest people that HBD is true. I've been in the room before. The data is very obvious if you undertake research yourself -- it is just taboo. Many decide that the world is better off hiding this knowledge, but I think there is a middle ground.