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The psuedo-intellectualism is more than just a veneer, I'm afraid, it's the real tooth of many of these pieces. pg has some decent takes on programming and one
by voidhorse 4y ago
The psuedo-intellectualism is more than just a veneer, I'm afraid, it's the real tooth of many of these pieces.
pg has some decent takes on programming and one day decided that he might also have takes on things he knows far less about. These latter takes don't tend to be very good, which is unfortunate because he does actually manage to influence people.
- inimino 4y agoThat's a good story, but you didn't provide any evidence for it, so an anecdote like "I read his essay about [X] on which I'm an expert and it was wrong" would have more value.
- voidhorse 4y agoEh, it's an opinion that I'm not inclined to spend time or effort backing up. I do agree that if I did actually back it up, of course the post would be more valuable. Instead, I'll be lazy and say read the essays and judge for yourself, you might disagree! I'm also of the opinion that if you have even a passing familiarity with any "soft" science (communications, sociology, philosophy, literature) you'll likely find at least one essay that makes you agree with me.
- inimino 4y agoWell, I don't suppose I can disprove that without reading all the essays... but I do think that pg's writings have a style that's less amenable to more humanities-oriented readers.