The Latin word for God is "Deus" - or as the Romans would have written it, "DEVS". The people who create programs, games, and simulated worlds are also called "devs". As time goes on, the two meanings will grow closer and closer.— Scott Alexander (@slatestarcodex) October 7, 2021
Anything that people say about the god complexes of :reddit-logo: moderators/admins has nothing on capital-R "Rationalists."
"Someone else would have done that exact same thing and got the exact same kickbacks from billionaires and start the exact same institutions of MIRI, LessWrong, and SlateStarCodex with that billionaire's windfall money" is what you are claiming. That's, again, very presumptive and seems excessively defensive for something I'm not really threatening and have no power to remove from existence even if I wanted to.
I have to say it a lot more than I wish I had to, but I'll say it again: it's possible to enjoy entertainment while accepting the existence of criticism of that same entertainment.
"Super good-faith brah, really loved doing this with you."
After that, yeah, I'm going to continue to disagree with you and know that arguing with you further won't go anywhere good.
"Someone else would have done that exact same thing and got the exact same kickbacks from billionaires and start the exact same institutions of MIRI, LessWrong, and SlateStarCodex with that billionaire's windfall money" is what you are claiming. That's, again, very presumptive and seems excessively defensive for something I'm not really threatening and have no power to remove from existence even if I wanted to.
I have to say it a lot more than I wish I had to, but I'll say it again: it's possible to enjoy entertainment while accepting the existence of criticism of that same entertainment.
"Super good-faith brah, really loved doing this with you."
After that, yeah, I'm going to continue to disagree with you and know that arguing with you further won't go anywhere good.