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The excerpt starts off by conflating virtue with opinions and ideas as a whole, then embracing the tu quoque fallacy wholeheartedly and running with it. The con
by syntheticnature 9y ago
The excerpt starts off by conflating virtue with opinions and ideas as a whole, then embracing the tu quoque fallacy wholeheartedly and running with it. The conclusions shown merely happen to be a bit more agreeable to HN readers. A simple concept swap makes an early comment risible, "It is immoral to be in opposition of Soviet Communism and not live in a hut isolated from it."
Also, the title is definitely editorial by the poster versus the original "The Merchandising of Virtue."
- cholantesh 9y agoIt's a little bit bizarre that Taleb continues to be lionized by anyone, let alone the HN crowd, given how terrible a public intellectual he is.
- dbs 9y agoDefine "terrible public intellectual".
- cholantesh 9y agoOne who is more liable to throw a tantrum and call you a shill than engage in meaningful debate with his critics.
- webwanderings 9y agoIt is lot more bizzare. I don't understand why he shows up on HN (for me at least) in glowing terms, when he's never sold anything substantive in terms of arguments. What's the appeal? Is he a Ann Raynd type or something? Whatever I have read from him through HN's possibly young crowd, lacks much substance.