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I came here to precisely point out that Ezra Klein and Sam Harris's episode, and Klein's total lack of intellectual honesty in that episode. I'm glad I first s
by kashyapc 8y ago
I came here to precisely point out that Ezra Klein and Sam Harris's episode, and Klein's total lack of intellectual honesty in that episode. I'm glad I first searched to see if it's already mentioned here.
I recall listening to the same fated podcast you allude to, that Sam Harris did with Klein. It was frustrating to see how meaninglessly stubborn Klein was. Klein's attitude was so two-faced that Harris was not joking when he described how Klein's false politeness came across in their private emails: "Hey Sam, let's meet together and discuss how you are a bigot. Thank you, and have a good day."
I can completely see how one could feel that way after reading and listening to the relevant articles, published emails, and podcasts.
- weberc2 8y agoI’m not aware of that podcast, but another example is the Cathy Newman interview with Jordan Peterson. I didn’t know anything about either personality when I watched it (and I know very little now), but it was mind numbing how Newman’s only tactic was blatantly misrepresenting Peterson. His ideas may have been total garbage, but we wouldn’t know because Newman was only addressing strawmen. It seemed like her position is so weak that any serious treatment of Peterson’s would have threatened it existentially.