> though i suspect there's something subtle going on where he's reluctant to believe when trans women tell him they differ from how how he describes his agp. a "it wouldn't be fair if it were so" playing out underneath the "i was so tempted to lie just like that and im demonstrably a better rationalist than they are"
> and i do think zd is a better rationalist than 95% of the transfems i know. at the hard parts, like having a reflexive aversion to self-deceit, evidenced by stuff unrelated to all this, even
> and a distinct level of care in his thought. i think he's wrong about some important things, but never bc of oversights
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+https://twitter.com/sesquimundist/status/1750889751807131731
+> it's guys like zack m davis that deserve to have a high religious role