Re:Effective Altruism Has a Toxic Culture of Sexual Harassme...
by vkou on Friday February 03, 2023 @08:04PM
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> Yeah, because that's a strawman you imagined in your head.
I've read enough of that argument being made in earnest on this forum that I'm going to have to go with the parent poster.
There are many intelligent people who seriously believe in that strawman. (Although it's also possible that they don't actually believe in it, and are just making the argument because the purpose of colonizing Mars isn't increasing the resilience of Earth, but getting away from the hoi polloi. Those people will be for a rude surprise when they discover that they are also part of the hoi polloi.)
I've read enough of that argument being made in earnest on this forum that I'm going to have to go with the parent poster.
There are many intelligent people who seriously believe in that strawman. (Although it's also possible that they don't actually believe in it, and are just making the argument because the purpose of colonizing Mars isn't increasing the resilience of Earth, but getting away from the hoi polloi. Those people will be for a rude surprise when they discover that they are also part of the hoi polloi.)