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Yeah, I've updated the post after realizing that not everybody is as old as me. Steve was big in early 2000s (think 2008-2010) in the indie gamedev world that I

Yeah, I've updated the post after realizing that not everybody is as old as me. Steve was big in early 2000s (think 2008-2010) in the indie gamedev world that I was a part of too. I actually remember his (then) wife Erin. Erin is a psychic - https://www.erinpavlina.com/ https://www.erinpavlina.com/ There's also a person by the name of Christina Pavlina, who is a psychic and supposedly she's Steve's sister - https://theoneabsolute.com/about/ https://theoneabsolute.com/about/ Steve used to get a lot of 'hate blogging', there were a bunch of blogs devoted specifically to his personality (ex. https://www.sitepoint.com/community/t/seriously-sick-of-steve-pavlina/4221 https://www.sitepoint.com/community/t/seriously-sick-of-stev... or http://bigwig-bigwig.blogspot.com/2011/03/8-top-reasons-why-steve-pavlina-is.html http://bigwig-bigwig.blogspot.com/2011/03/8-top-reasons-why-... or https://stevepavlinalies.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/exposing-steve-pavlinas-scams-and-making-fun-of-his-nonsense/ https://stevepavlinalies.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/exposing-s...). I would have never imagined that I'd find Steve's post on HN.

stinos 6y ago
not everybody is as old as me Might have to do more with interests etc in this case, because 2008 is over a decade later than my first steps on the internet :) Anyway: I completely get your point now. Yet, and this is a typical problem especially in psychic and other circles: despite the insane stuff which has come out of his pen, this article isn't all that insane. Not that I comletely endorse it, some of his solutions are too simplistic and/or might work for him but not for others, but there's also not a whole lot of nonsense in it. Point being: even though people might be completely wrong on one topic, doesn't necessarily mean they are on another topic. Just requires extra skeptisicm when reading them as precaution perhaps.

stinos 6y ago

not everybody is as old as me Might have to do more with interests etc in this case, because 2008 is over a decade later than my first steps on the internet :) Anyway: I completely get your point now. Yet, and this is a typical problem especially in psychic and other circles: despite the insane stuff which has come out of his pen, this article isn't all that insane. Not that I comletely endorse it, some of his solutions are too simplistic and/or might work for him but not for others, but there's also not a whole lot of nonsense in it. Point being: even though people might be completely wrong on one topic, doesn't necessarily mean they are on another topic. Just requires extra skeptisicm when reading them as precaution perhaps.