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Scott Aaranson thought the experience went pretty well for him: https://www.quora.com/What-was-it-like-for-you-to-be-widely-attacked-online https://www.quora.c
by gpawl 9y ago
Scott Aaranson thought the experience went pretty well for him:
https://www.quora.com/What-was-it-like-for-you-to-be-widely-attacked-online https://www.quora.com/What-was-it-like-for-you-to-be-widely-...
"destroy his life" is comical hyberbole, and shows the same absurd provincialism that Aaronson initially showed when he claimed that "nerdy men are in fact among the least privileged men out there", blissfully ignorant of the people who weren't raised in upper-middle-class households or get invited to special schools for the gifted.
- Darmani 9y agoI definitely don't think "tried to destroy his life" is hyperbole at all. In this case, they didn't succeed. This is why I usually don't post in threads like these. Grandparent asked for an example of men griping. I gave one. When people tell me about their problems, I try to sincerely listen, not tell them that their problems aren't so bad because some other area of their life is okay. I'd like to ask for the same courtesy.
- haberman 9y agoI think some people (like grandparent) truly don't realize when their (well-meaning) efforts to empower some people unjustly invalidate other people. I doubt that grandparent would use the words "comical hyberbole" if exactly the same treatment had been doled out to someone because they were female, gay, trans, etc. In my opinion, such people have forgotten the concept of justice being blind.
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