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For "skeptic" read "contrarian". It's probably for the best that the author is spending less time online, given how the Glinner radicalization pipeline destroye
by pjc50 10mo ago
For "skeptic" read "contrarian". It's probably for the best that the author is spending less time online, given how the Glinner radicalization pipeline destroyed Glinner and various other people.
- heresie-dabord 10mo agoTwo helpful references: "Radicalisation pipeline:" * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right_pipeline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right_pipeline Who is "Glinner": * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Linehan Rationalists and "skeptics" aren't really capable of maintaining a robust club because a) it's hard to find healthy critical thinking in societies that are still addled in a swamp of tribalism from millennia ago, and b) not believing in fables is a weak social pretext. (Hey, let's get together for pints and not believe in $somegroup's ravings.) The application of rational thought is an educational process. With all the inherent fragility of any educational process.