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Describing the personal pilosophy of an author of a philosophy book is clearly relevant. It's not an argument, it's a statement of fact: "The author of this boo
by orf 6y ago
Describing the personal pilosophy of an author of a philosophy book is clearly relevant. It's not an argument, it's a statement of fact: "The author of this book holds these views".
Like most people I feel a certain way about his views but in the original comment I don't share those. If you find it uncomfortable to see those views discussed then I would humbly suggest that it may be your problem to deal with and not mine.
- prvc 6y ago>Like most people I feel a certain way about his views but in the original comment I don't share those. Those feelings are pretty obvious. I say, the new "Never trust anyone over 30" is "Never listen to takes from someone who hasn't been cancelled".
- nyolfen 6y agothe author plays a game on twitter that many people do, which is ‘find an apparent contradiction in the prevailing morality and make a reprehensible/funny argument with it’; robin hanson for example is the master of this game. this may not be obvious without context but it is literally just negative attention bait to gain an audience