Meetup: Bay Area: Jan 15th, 7pm
post by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Eliezer_Yudkowsky) · 2010-01-13T22:02:45.943Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 5 commentsRobin Hanson and possibly Michael Vassar will be present.
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comment by AngryParsley · 2010-01-15T00:20:42.983Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Is it possible for someone to delete Richard Karpinski's comments on the meetup page? If I didn't know this group and I saw a member endorsing AIDS-denialism I would dismiss them as crackpots.
Replies from: RobinZ↑ comment by RobinZ · 2010-01-15T00:36:28.241Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I would have to admit that I would do so as well.
Replies from: Kevin↑ comment by Kevin · 2010-01-15T00:51:06.551Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Of course, if you click on his profile you see that is his goal.
"No one should join this group or come to these meetings. If they do, their ideas will be attacked and they will be overwhelmed by adverse reaction from dozens of people who think nothing of making people change their minds about their most cherished beliefs."
Yes, I expect you guys would be a little mean if a real-live HIV denier showed up at a meet-up.
Replies from: JamesPfeiffer, RobinZ↑ comment by JamesPfeiffer · 2010-01-16T04:12:58.501Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
You don't think he's joking? That paragraph ends with
"They have no respect for the opinions of accepted experts and seldom quote Ovid in the original, so just don't bother to attend."