Geoffrey MillerVerified account

I hope I'm right, but I don't expect the NYT article on Scott Alexander to be a hit piece. It's revealing that so many worry it will be, though. Few would have 10 years ago. But it's a more dangerous time for ideas now than 10 years ago, and the NYT is also less to be trusted.

I don't think SSC deserves a hit piece, but doxxing is more understandable if it is. "This is a dangerous blog and his patients deserve to know what he does on his spare time," is one thing. If it's "oh well, we're printing his real name lol" that is despicable.

I don't know anyone who sees a psychiatrist who wants to know what the psychiatrist does in his spare time. They just want a good psychiatrist who acts professional and who would reject any unlawful demands to share their private information.

Yeah it's a stretch. But if my therapist was a literal Nazi, I'd probably want to know. (Not that this remotely applies in this circumstance).