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This reminds of David Icke, and his whole theory that extra terrestrial lizard people are running everything. You might be tempted to think this is some sort of

by rusk 7y ago

This reminds of David Icke, and his whole theory that extra terrestrial lizard people are running everything. You might be tempted to think this is some sort of metaphor, and in that light, perhaps it makes some amount of sense. But no, he means actual lizard people.

lidHanteyk 7y ago
You may be interested in the concept of "Lizardman's Constant" [0], the idea that for statistical purposes, it is not worth trying to separate out people who genuinely believe in lizard people from people who are dog-whistling, stupid, misled, or enacting Poe's Law. You may also be interested in Poe's Law [1], come to think of it. For everyday Bayesian purposes, it is very useful to simply know as a prior that there is roughly a 1-in-25 chance that you are being bullshitted. [0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and-reptilian-muslim-climatologists-from-mars/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
smnplk 7y ago
Do you really think he believes what he says ? I am not sure. There is a lot of money in his line of work :) Although I did find this gem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZD3bBWFwAk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZD3bBWFwAk Not sure what to think.
teddyh 7y ago
Regarding “Lizard people”, there might be an explanation for the phenomenon: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8600 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8600
- lizardmancan 7y ago
  People believe anything the status quo feeds them. This makes me a great supporter of the lizardmen ruling the world theory. Forget about the truth, a fight with one side persistently lying and the other perpetually struggling to debunk the lies is not a fight at all. The lizard people are winning! kapish? Also, it arguably wasnt funny until jews foaming from the corners of the mouth acused David Icke of antisemitism and attacked him. I'm probably an antisemite for laughing my ass off? People deserve respect and empathy but there are limits. There is probably a law against lauging at a non representatve number of jews. I dont care.
  - jfoutz 7y ago
    "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?" - Douglas Adams
    - lizardmancan 7y ago
      that is just what the lizard people would say!
JoeAltmaier 7y ago
My buddy made a totally lame lizard people video, with fake doctors using bad German accents etc. He was thrilled to get legitimate conspiracy comments on it! Folks taking it at face value. So yeah, there are all kinds of stupid out there.
LandR 7y ago
>But no, he means actual lizard people. You mean like the aliens in the tv show V? Surely no one took that seriously!
skissane 7y ago
> You might be tempted to think this is some sort of metaphor, and in that light, perhaps it makes some amount of sense. But no, he means actual lizard people. It is often claimed that "lizard people" is code for antisemitism. Icke denies this interpretation, but many critics do not accept his denials – see e.g. [1], [2], [3] [1] https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/12/20/18146628/alice-walker-david-icke-anti-semitic-new-york-times https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/12/20/18146628/alice-walker... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/01/conspiracy-theorist-david-icke-should-be-banned-from-australia-minister-told https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/01/conspiracy-theo... [3] https://www.dw.com/en/lizard-conspiracist-david-icke-not-wanted-in-berlin/a-37693384 https://www.dw.com/en/lizard-conspiracist-david-icke-not-wan...

by rusk 7y ago

lidHanteyk 7y ago

You may be interested in the concept of "Lizardman's Constant" [0], the idea that for statistical purposes, it is not worth trying to separate out people who genuinely believe in lizard people from people who are dog-whistling, stupid, misled, or enacting Poe's Law. You may also be interested in Poe's Law [1], come to think of it. For everyday Bayesian purposes, it is very useful to simply know as a prior that there is roughly a 1-in-25 chance that you are being bullshitted. [0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and-reptilian-muslim-climatologists-from-mars/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

smnplk 7y ago

Do you really think he believes what he says ? I am not sure. There is a lot of money in his line of work :) Although I did find this gem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZD3bBWFwAk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZD3bBWFwAk Not sure what to think.

teddyh 7y ago

Regarding “Lizard people”, there might be an explanation for the phenomenon: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8600 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8600

lizardmancan 7y ago
People believe anything the status quo feeds them. This makes me a great supporter of the lizardmen ruling the world theory. Forget about the truth, a fight with one side persistently lying and the other perpetually struggling to debunk the lies is not a fight at all. The lizard people are winning! kapish? Also, it arguably wasnt funny until jews foaming from the corners of the mouth acused David Icke of antisemitism and attacked him. I'm probably an antisemite for laughing my ass off? People deserve respect and empathy but there are limits. There is probably a law against lauging at a non representatve number of jews. I dont care.
- jfoutz 7y ago
  "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?" - Douglas Adams
  - lizardmancan 7y ago
    that is just what the lizard people would say!

JoeAltmaier 7y ago

My buddy made a totally lame lizard people video, with fake doctors using bad German accents etc. He was thrilled to get legitimate conspiracy comments on it! Folks taking it at face value. So yeah, there are all kinds of stupid out there.

LandR 7y ago

>But no, he means actual lizard people. You mean like the aliens in the tv show V? Surely no one took that seriously!

skissane 7y ago

> You might be tempted to think this is some sort of metaphor, and in that light, perhaps it makes some amount of sense. But no, he means actual lizard people. It is often claimed that "lizard people" is code for antisemitism. Icke denies this interpretation, but many critics do not accept his denials – see e.g. [1], [2], [3] [1] https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/12/20/18146628/alice-walker-david-icke-anti-semitic-new-york-times https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/12/20/18146628/alice-walker... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/01/conspiracy-theorist-david-icke-should-be-banned-from-australia-minister-told https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/01/conspiracy-theo... [3] https://www.dw.com/en/lizard-conspiracist-david-icke-not-wanted-in-berlin/a-37693384 https://www.dw.com/en/lizard-conspiracist-david-icke-not-wan...