“Émile P. Torres’s history of dishonesty and harassment” by anonymous-for-obvious-reasons

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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

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/yAHcPNZzx35i25xML/emile-p-torres-s-history-of-dishonesty-and-harassment

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