David Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 months agoEffective Altruists: look, we tried to invite nice people as well as the huge racists we knew were huge racists when we invited them. What? Exclude the racists? But they're so interesting!forum.effectivealtruism.orgexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down10
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-linkEffective Altruists: look, we tried to invite nice people as well as the huge racists we knew were huge racists when we invited them. What? Exclude the racists? But they're so interesting!forum.effectivealtruism.orgDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squaredeborah@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·edit-211 months agoHere’s the “what did you like least” survey entries the organizers say they classified as “edgy people”: “all the racism stuff” = “edgy people”. Yup.
minus-squareAmoeba_Girl@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoWhere is this from? Sorry if I missed the link in the big watermuddying wall of text.
minus-squareearthquake@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoFrom the comments: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/34pz6ni3muwPnenLS/why-so-many-racists-at-manifest?commentId=8KrQz3wcdHiDL2YfH
minus-squareblakestacey@awful.systemsMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 months ago Bio people here are poorly informed. Just in general some of the presentations are factually incorrect B-but rationalists are experts at covalent bonds Also meeting people… as a woman I have never felt as ignored and disrespected as I have in some instances the pa… I’m sure the feedback becomes more positive in the cut-off part, no doubt about it
minus-squareskillissuer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoi’m gonna rewrite and expand on that rambling comment someday
Here’s the “what did you like least” survey entries the organizers say they classified as “edgy people”:
“all the racism stuff” = “edgy people”. Yup.
Where is this from? Sorry if I missed the link in the big watermuddying wall of text.
From the comments: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/34pz6ni3muwPnenLS/why-so-many-racists-at-manifest?commentId=8KrQz3wcdHiDL2YfH
B-but rationalists are experts at covalent bonds
I’m sure the feedback becomes more positive in the cut-off part, no doubt about it
i’m gonna rewrite and expand on that rambling comment someday