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Watching @SamHarrisOrg get slammed — then slammed again for losing his cool when accused of peddling pseudoscience & racism — really highlights this inferential gap for me. Sam is one of the most broadly truth-seeking & compassionate humans I’ve met; of course this bothers him!
Being a techie woman is a massive boon here. I can goad people into discussions on biological sex, gender & tech, have basically full allowances in setting the norms of the conversation, & at worst be accused of being “self-hating.”
Well said.
Consider people like Julia Galef who talk about lots of third rail stuff but don't get negative reactions to the scale that he does. There's a way to handling these topics without giving other truth-seeking & compassionate people the impression that you're peddling pseudoscience
Where do you think Julia has touched the third rail? I think she pretty explicitly avoids issues people find too toxic to engage with charitably
Same-- being a brown woman I am given more leeway with what I can say. I try to put it to good use by discussing controversial issues openly.
It also helps if you are articulate, which I strive to be. I'm reminded of an old LW article: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/pZSpbxPrftSndTdSf/honesty-beyond-internal-truth …
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