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I was referring to the fact of dismissing a deep, highly-varied, internally contentious and diverse discipline of philosophy on the basis of reading one text by

I was referring to the fact of dismissing a deep, highly-varied, internally contentious and diverse discipline of philosophy on the basis of reading one text by one author, that author's work not being representative of the body of work, and failing to understand it. Gwern's example simply came to mind because it seemed nearly as egregious as everybodyknows'.

tallyhotallyho 7y ago
To be completely honest, I am bored of the deity of Marx and his disciples. It's something for mediocre middle class people to amuse themselves with. An insipid embarrassment. What formulation of polysyllabic words shall we agree to disagree on this decade? The meekness of academics creeping around humanities departments. Those spineless creatures, their desperate choice of victim; alone, naive, vain, unconfident. A child detached from their family and friends for the first time. Boring bankrupt ponzi pretentiousness.