Thanks, I’ve read almost everything from spandrell, i meant ssc post archived somewhere, scott alexander and its community doesnt convince me but would be an interesting reading nonetheless
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The NRx body of thought are the ones where hindsight shows the losing side had the right of it. Scott trying on his own to come up with new arguments against the old arguments was taking on a monumental task - without realizing it he set out to out-do great historical thinkers.
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Titanic figures X and Y have a dispute - at the time X is thought to have won; with hindsight both X and Y would agree that Y won. To make an anti-Reaction FAQ you not only have to make a better argument than Y - you have to make a better argument for conventional wisdom than X!
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