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Scott Aaronson is probably the most publicly-vulnerable academic I've ever found, at least outside of authors who write memoirs about childhood trauma. I think a lot of other prominent rationalists also put a lot of vulnerability out there.





He didn't take the rationalist label until today. Him doing so might help their image.

Right, but him doing so is the very context of this discussion, which is why I mentioned him in particular. Scott Alexander is more well-known as a rationalist and also (IMO) displays a lot of vulnerability in his writing.



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