I do this sometimes. It's usually because someone wants me to explain succinctly why I rejected a commonly held fundamental premise and the Big Ass Book IS the succinct explanation. https://twitter.com/yelloJoltacious/status/1054865885868032000 …
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"Tell me your premises" *does so* "Those disagree with mine. Please summarise the general form of an incredibly complex argument written by someone WAY smarter than you, in a few tweets"
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I am not that smart. I can comprehend and apply the teachings of really smart people and, at best, give a summary of a SPECIFIC application of the general principles. Asking a 120ish IQ midwit to summarize the general form of 150-160 IQ ideas is unfair and unreasonable.
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Replying to @BeigeShiba
It's a common fallacy these days. People want you to reproduce your whole worldview to prove your point. Then they won't debate you on the philosophical level they demanded in the first place.
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It's effectively just a ploy to waste people's time, I find. And these days I tend to treat it as such. Anyone genuinely curious shouldn't be learning from me. They should be learning from who I'm learning from, because they're smarter than me.
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Replying to @BeigeShiba
I agree, it is designed to frustrate and waste time and I ignore it as well even though I'm capable of dueling them for hours if necessary. Trolling is more effective.
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I just call them out on their shit. If they care about this so much, why do they want some anon to summarize it instead of citing their sources?
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