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Also, it should go down. If you're going to call something vile, you should at least provide some argument to that effect. Second, and not that it matters, but
by norswap 6y ago
Also, it should go down. If you're going to call something vile, you should at least provide some argument to that effect.
Second, and not that it matters, but searching Scott's real name does not link him as the author of SSC, which is what Scott cares about.
Rationalists have written a lot about:
- making better arguments, and discursive standards
- holding truer beliefs no matter if it goes against your current beliefs or makes you appear "cringeworthy"or "pseudo-intellectual"
Maybe you really ought to check them out?
- danharaj 6y agoUnfortunately the rationalist community basically engages in sophistry centered around a naive and outdated positivism with Bayes' rule slapped on top.
- Barrin92 6y ago>but searching Scott's real name does not link him as the author of SSC, which is what Scott cares about. tried it in an anonymous browsing session. Googling just his real name returns a link to the SSC twitter as the very first result, a rational wiki entry to scott alexander, and plenty of pictures at SSC meetups, so I have to assume any of his patients who ever Googled his name (which I guess is most people) probably know who he is
- norswap 6y agoGood point, but only if you include the middle name (Alexander), and except for one of these links that is a bona fide doxing, most are matches for "Scott Alexander".