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True. But PG's authoritative status is weakened due to his lack of awareness no matter how you change the wording. This entire essay is weaker because of it as
by deltasevennine 4y ago
True. But PG's authoritative status is weakened due to his lack of awareness no matter how you change the wording. This entire essay is weaker because of it as my opinion about his knowledge.
>To criticize someone merely for pondering about a subject they aren’t well-versed in is hostile gatekeeping.
The words "hostile gatekeeping" makes me classify your statement as accusatory and an actual attack. The Op's statements are just criticism. Harsh but valid, it certainly isn't hostile gatekeeping. In fact, PG is the gatekeeper here. He owns the site.
- danielvaughn 4y agoYeah my words were too strong, I’ll own that. I didn’t mean to come across so aggressive. Another way to phrase it: if someone were to follow a thought experiment in a another subject like biology or geology, the response from the educated community would be different. I’ve seen it on here before. The response is something akin to “hey yep that’s an interesting thought. It’s been done before, here are some links if you’re interested in reading further”. I just tend to see a very different (much more critical) response from people in philosophy, often with overtones of condescension and smugness. Not saying OP was guilty of that, just that I mistakenly responded as if they did.