re the zizian "death cult" thing:

My priors are that abuse is super common and my heuristics are that accusations are usually onto something so believe accusations of abuse. Thus when folks say that CFAR covered up widespread sexual abuse in rationalist circles, I'm like yeah, sure, makes total sense. And when folks say this Ziz person ran an abusive sleep deprivation cult, I'm like yeah, sure, makes total sense. That doesn't mean assigning absolute credence, but like, it's all a good bet.