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I’ve read LessWrong on and off since 2014. Read SSC and ACX semi-regularly. Scott’s a crank. He writes convincingly, he understands charisma and style, but he j
by TimorousBestie 1y ago
I’ve read LessWrong on and off since 2014. Read SSC and ACX semi-regularly. Scott’s a crank. He writes convincingly, he understands charisma and style, but he just can’t hold his own in an intellectual exchange.
Just last week he and Tyler Cowen of Marginial Revolution got into a dispute over USAID and DOGE and the degree to which Scott fails over and over again to read otherwise simple sentences is staggering.
- sph 1y ago[flagged]
- TimorousBestie 1y agoI’m responding to > For what it's worth, I don't think anyone familiar with Scott Alexander's writings would characterize him as a crank. with a counter-example. I don’t particularly care about the meta-point they are attempting to make.
- cassepipe 1y ago> He writes convincingly, he understands charisma and style, but he just can’t hold his own in an intellectual exchange. Yes, it's convincing because he actually cares to craft a reasoning that you can follow for yourself and definitely not charisma and style This is just a biased retelling of what happened. Scott responded to Cowen's response. So it's just like... your opinion, man. I encourage anyone to just go read the exchange and decide for themselves.