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Lex Fridman is a guy who talks about being open minded and humble then proceeds to block everyone that doesn't share the same set of opinions. Seems only capabl

Lex Fridman is a guy who talks about being open minded and humble then proceeds to block everyone that doesn't share the same set of opinions. Seems only capable of asking the same set of questions as well.

stockholm 6y ago
Can you give examples? I don’t see how you can persuade people to see your point with this very hollow statement.
- deleted 6y ago
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- jeresuikkila 6y ago
  Just saw a tweet thread a couple of days ago and this question reminded me of the last tweet: https://twitter.com/Tweetermeyer/status/1341587206285053963 https://twitter.com/Tweetermeyer/status/1341587206285053963 where a writer for The Drive and few others got blocked for questioning his research into Tesla's Autopilot safety
jansan 6y ago
If you make this accusation, shoul should provide some proof to back it up.
- hfkldjsjfkdj 6y ago
  I'm not exactly going to curate a list of blocks. All I will say is make any constructive criticism towards him, or one of the things he seems to love such as Musk and chances are you will be blocked. He seems to even block other researchers who have never interacted with him.
  - say_it_as_it_is 6y ago
    People with a platform and large audience have a really bad relationship with social media. Don't take it personally.
    - hfkldjsjfkdj 6y ago
      Right, nice try with that assumption.
wtf_is_up 6y ago
Lex is a creep. Amazing he's managed to fool so many people into subscribing to his mediocre podcast.
- stockholm 6y ago
  Considering the otherwise thoughtful and considerate tone of HN, why do you think comments such as yours belong here?
  - hfkldjsjfkdj 6y ago
    Gatekeeping HN comments is beyond silly.
  - quenix 6y ago
    The comment doesn't strike me as particularly hostile, but the "creep" characterisation is questionable.
- quenix 6y ago
  I'm genuinely interested in why you think he is a creep?
- dang 6y ago
  Please keep personal attacks off HN no matter how you feel about someone. Perhaps you don't owe the person better, but you owe this community better if you're posting to it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=owe%20better%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

stockholm 6y ago

Can you give examples? I don’t see how you can persuade people to see your point with this very hollow statement.

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jeresuikkila 6y ago
Just saw a tweet thread a couple of days ago and this question reminded me of the last tweet: https://twitter.com/Tweetermeyer/status/1341587206285053963 https://twitter.com/Tweetermeyer/status/1341587206285053963 where a writer for The Drive and few others got blocked for questioning his research into Tesla's Autopilot safety

jansan 6y ago

If you make this accusation, shoul should provide some proof to back it up.

hfkldjsjfkdj 6y ago
I'm not exactly going to curate a list of blocks. All I will say is make any constructive criticism towards him, or one of the things he seems to love such as Musk and chances are you will be blocked. He seems to even block other researchers who have never interacted with him.
- say_it_as_it_is 6y ago
  People with a platform and large audience have a really bad relationship with social media. Don't take it personally.
  - hfkldjsjfkdj 6y ago
    Right, nice try with that assumption.

wtf_is_up 6y ago

Lex is a creep. Amazing he's managed to fool so many people into subscribing to his mediocre podcast.

stockholm 6y ago
Considering the otherwise thoughtful and considerate tone of HN, why do you think comments such as yours belong here?
- hfkldjsjfkdj 6y ago
  Gatekeeping HN comments is beyond silly.
- quenix 6y ago
  The comment doesn't strike me as particularly hostile, but the "creep" characterisation is questionable.
quenix 6y ago
I'm genuinely interested in why you think he is a creep?
dang 6y ago
Please keep personal attacks off HN no matter how you feel about someone. Perhaps you don't owe the person better, but you owe this community better if you're posting to it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=owe%20better%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...