Actually, one of the coolest things, to me, about LessWrong, is the fact that the community as a whole is arguably more rational than the founder. Eliezer's own LessWrong comments have been downvoted many times, and a number of those were during the "basilisk" debacle. Many of the site's regulars were on the side of sanity in that incident.
So I think it's fair to tar Eliezer himself for that incident, but I don't think it's a good indictment of the site's community as a whole.
So I think it's fair to tar Eliezer himself for that incident, but I don't think it's a good indictment of the site's community as a whole.