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Dayne Rathbone's avatar

Helen, thank you for your lending your incredible brain to such important issues. You deserve much more credit and kudos 🙏❤️

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Helen Pluckrose's avatar

Thank you, Dayne. Look at me actually talking about needing to make a living and not only letting people pay me but encouraging them to without feeling like I am selling my soul! How far have I come? Clyde says he's going to need to do some kind of Turing test on me to make sure I have not been replaced by some kind of compliant, rationally self-interested AI, because I have actually been listening to his advice on this issue for a change!

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Helen Pluckrose's avatar

Oh! I thought we were actually all on the same thread which is why I am bothering you about it, but it seems we are not. How is it possible for me to be this technologically incompetent?

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DeadArtistGuy's avatar

Congratulations! Well deserved. More power to your typing fingers!

You're one of the sane voices that keeps me left of centre.

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Helen Pluckrose's avatar

This makes me happy!

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DeadArtistGuy's avatar

It's honestly hard to cling onto my actual liberal values in the face of this assault on reason. I found myself starting to understand the Medieval Inquisition...

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Helen Pluckrose's avatar

Hold on!!!

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lore's avatar

I agree with Dayne! Grateful for your intellect and courage, Helen!

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Dr Lawrence Patihis, PhD's avatar

Well done Helen. I hope it continues to grow for you.

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Aris Alissandrakis's avatar

Fishbeanmash forever!

(but more seriously, keep doing what you're doing, you're always proving a very thoughtful and interesting read and we're happy to support this)

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Sarah Hall's avatar

Honesty! Turns out to be incredibly effective :-)

Thank you Helen!

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Brad Raybury's avatar

You just got yourself another paid subscriber...

Something I've been meaning to do for quite some time, as I've admired your work ever since discovering it - your writing is wonderfully lucid and effective in its careful disentangling of difficult/ambiguous/confusing cultural & political ideas, and the systematic & comprehensive way in which you address them is exemplary.

(PS- yes, I'm another STEM-based fan 🙂)

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Helen Pluckrose's avatar

Ha! Welcome and thank you, fellow systemising nerd! You've pushed the date I will have to look for outside work back a little further!

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Mary Kathryn Vernon's avatar

Helen, I tried to upgrade to paid, but it declined my card--which is in working order. Any ideas on how to proceed.

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Helen Pluckrose's avatar

Thank you for trying to subscribe! I'm afraid I don't know how Substack processes this. @Dayne, do you know who Mary should speak to? Hmm, that has not tagged Dayne. I will share this to him.

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