EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular) “Émile P. Torres’s history of dishonesty and harassment” by anonymous-for-obvious-reasons
This is a cross-post and you can see the original here, written in 2022. I am not the original author, but I thought it was good for more EAs to know about this.
I am posting anonymously for obvious reasons, but I am a longstanding EA who is concerned about Torres's effects on our community.
An incomplete summary
Introduction.
This post compiles evidence that Émile P. Torres, a philosophy student at Leibniz Universität Hannover in Germany, has a long pattern of concerning behavior, which includes gross distortion and falsification, persistent harassment, and the creation of fake identities.
Note: Since Torres has recently claimed that they have been the target of threats from anonymous accounts, I would like to state that I condemn any threatening behavior in the strongest terms possible, and that I have never contacted Torres or posted anything about Torres other than in this Substack [...]
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Outline:
(00:25) An incomplete summary
(01:16) Stalking and harassment
(01:20) Peter Boghossian
(11:48) Helen Pluckrose
(19:02) Demonstrable falsehoods and gross distortions
(19:07) “Forcible” removal
(24:04) “Researcher at CSER”
(27:30) Giving What We Can
(31:20) Brief Digression on Effective Altruism
(33:53) More falsehoods and distortions
(33:57) Hilary Greaves
(38:25) Andreas Mogensen
(41:16) Nick Beckstead
(45:29) Tyler Cowen
(48:50) Olle Häggström
(56:44) Sockpuppetry
(57:01) “Alex Williams”
(01:03:57) Conclusion
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First published:
May 1st, 2024
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.