It's almost like their complaints are not about truth-seeking, but about demonstrating values through opposition (like signing a petition, not publishing a contradictory paper). We need a word for this, like "signaling", and a catch phrase, like "X is not about Y". 
https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1042029888235024385 …
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Yeah, never trust that
@robinhanson guy. He's only an insanely smart dude who cares about human life more than most.
He's wonderful, I've learned a lot from him about really great ideas like how people's words are often about signaling affiliation, rather than making logical points. I wonder if that could even apply to Twitter?
