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I can't speak to Babygravy9 mind or character, but if "being pleasant" is in any way related to intellect, Isaac Newton must have been a simpleton - he was a fa
by MrBuddyCasino 2y ago
I can't speak to Babygravy9 mind or character, but if "being pleasant" is in any way related to intellect, Isaac Newton must have been a simpleton - he was a famously unpleasant and vindictive person.
- foldr 2y agoWe know that Isaac Newton wasn't a simpleton because he wrote the Principia. I think you will search in vain for any output of similar intellectual quality by this particular individual.
- MrBuddyCasino 2y agoI think you will search in vain for any output of similar intellectual quality by basically anyone alive.
- foldr 2y agoOk. I guess it doesn't damage the credibility of this conference that they've invited an anonymous racist troll as one of their speakers because no-one is as smart as Isaac Newton.
- MrBuddyCasino 2y agoThe era where activists were able to make this decision on behalf of everyone else is over, at least in the US - you'll have to decide for yourself. Balaji Srinivasan, Bryan Caplan, Kevin Dolan and Cremieux are quite bright and a good reason to attend, I don't know most of the others.
- foldr 2y agoI am not in the US. I have decided for myself on the basis that (i) the first word of the tweet I linked is a nasty ethnic slur and (ii) its contents are merely schadenfreude over someone's raw emotional outburst in response to a traumatic event. There cannot be a good reason to invite such a person to a conference except to send a clear signal about what kind of person is welcome there. I think you know all this, which is why you respond in such an oblique manner.
- MrBuddyCasino 2y agoI'm pretty sure all kinds of people are welcome there. I don't approve of the guy's tweet, but I also do not limit myself to groups of people that share the same views as me. Take the good, ignore the bad. There are some remarkable people there.