Who would have thought Vitalik would have been the first human(?) to pass an Intellectual Turing Test of mimicking his ideological opponent? Laudably, he seeks

Who would have thought Vitalik would have been the first human(?) to pass an Intellectual Turing Test of mimicking his ideological opponent? Laudably, he seeks only to remove the beam from his own eye [0], and turns criticism not only on his own public persona, but his own team's legacy and design decisions, and even steelmans the more "seedy" aspects of bitcoin culture. It's hard not to see the massive influence of Scott Alexander in the way Vitalik presents his ideas and structures his essay. One SSC meme that kept coming up in my mind as I read the essay is that "ideas are soldiers" [1] is certainly in play with the blockchain wars. It's refreshing to see we have leaders in this space that can recognize the bravery of the enemy's soldiers. At least for today! [0]: https://biblehub.com/matthew/7-5.htm https://biblehub.com/matthew/7-5.htm [1]: https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/arguments-as-soldiers https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/arguments-as-soldiers