repligate: EA's Respectability Strategy Doubles as Poor Epistemics
repligate · x · 2026-10-09
Replying to a discussion about EA community discourse norms, repligate argues that the 'respectability strategy'—only voicing concerns once evidence is overwhelming, to avoid sounding crazy—doubles as poor epistemics: even if people keep privately accurate beliefs, those beliefs never get genuinely thought about or discussed, and the mask somewhat becomes the face.
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