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> writers who for a time seemed to be The Writer In the World Most In Touch With The Truth - Noam Chomsky, Sam Harris, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Curtis Yarvin, and Jo
by andrewflnr 2y ago
> writers who for a time seemed to be The Writer In the World Most In Touch With The Truth - Noam Chomsky, Sam Harris, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Curtis Yarvin, and Jordan Peterson.
Curtis Yarvin? Excuse me?
- thenipper 2y agoJordan Peterson too. Putting Chomsky in the same sentence as those two is just insulting
- andrewflnr 2y agoI've heard similar things, but I'm not familiar enough with Peterson to say for myself. I've read enough Yarvin.
- why_is_it_good 2y ago> Excuse me? Really thoughtful comment, that shows us the core of your objection: nothing. https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2007/09/how-dawkins-got-pwned-part-1/ https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2007/09/how-dawkins...
- andrewflnr 2y agoCurtis Yarvin, IIRC in that same avatar of Moldbug, has actively advocated for the morality of slavery. There is no point in reasoning with that, there is literally only war. Which is kind of a shame, because the top-level article does have some interesting ideas. I hope the author is just young and undiscerning and doesn't actually support the kind of things Yarvin stands for. But also, being a monster doesn't stop anyone from having the occasional interesting idea, so who knows.