Want to wade into the sandy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.
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The post Xitter web has spawned so many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Another review of Yudkowsky and Soares: if anyone reads it, everyone laughs (sadly, Substack). This one gestures to the whole university of academic fields that a book like this touches on.
The reviewer mentions āThe wickedly smart Scott Aaronsonā and maybe he means Aaronsonās academic publications because his general blogging is not impressive.
Good thing we donāt live in a world like that right guys?
Wow, thatās probably one of the most in-depth critiques of the book Iāve read. Kudos to the OP
I nearly bounced off when I couldnāt tell if his praise of Kissinger (spit) was ironic, but it was ultimately a very well-rounded examination.
He does seem to list Kissinger as one of several āsmart peopleā which is odd for a US military veteran
came here to react from the same sentence