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A bit of a sidebar, but it really bothers me that the term "Intellectual Dark Web" has stuck. It makes them sound like a group that includes Cody Wilson, Amir T
by micimize 8y ago
A bit of a sidebar, but it really bothers me that the term "Intellectual Dark Web" has stuck. It makes them sound like a group that includes Cody Wilson, Amir Taaki, and a league of pseudonymous thinkers, instead of podcast hosts and professors.
- rhapsodic 8y ago> A bit of a sidebar, but it really bothers me that the term "Intellectual Dark Web" has stuck. It makes them sound like a group that includes Cody Wilson, Amir Taaki, and a league of pseudonymous thinkers, instead of podcast hosts and professors. I think it's a nod to the fact that institutions that were once viewed as bastions of free debate and free inquiry, such as universities, are now largely hostile to it. In many places expressing the "wrong" opinion entails enormous risks to one's career. So this movement has to be in a sense, underground. But you're right, the people associated with it are mainstream people.