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I think you will search in vain for any output of similar intellectual quality by basically anyone alive.

• foldr 2y ago
  Ok. 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 ago
    The 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 ago
      I 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 ago
        I'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.