Nostalgebrist has written an extensive, intelligent analysis of _Neoreaction A Basilisk_ as a series of posts on http://nostalgebraist.tumblr.com/
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In sum: Sandifer, JUST LIKE Yudkowski, Moldbug, and Land, is cracked, WAY out of his depth, and mostly wrong. Yet mildly interesting anyway.
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@Meaningness genuinely not asking this snarkily: of those who write on similar topics as the above crew, who do you consider In their depth?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@AngloRemnant Well, the many topics Yudkowski writes about are all covered in mainstream STEM or analytic philosophy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@AngloRemnant I have read only a tiny fraction of his output, but as far as I know, he has had no original ideas, got many things wrong, and1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@AngloRemnant his explanations, while apparently appealing stylistically to a certain audience, and verbose and unclear.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@AngloRemnant So someone who wants to understand those topics would do better just to read a textbook or take a university course.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@AngloRemnant (This is not to say Yudkowski is a bad guy; he’s likeable and generous and pretty smart.)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@AngloRemnant I don’t know enough about politics to say much about Moldbug or Land, except that I find most of what they say obviously silly1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@AngloRemnant The valuable part of Moldbug’s work is in pointing out the competitive virtue signaling pathologies in progressivism.
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@AngloRemnant I’m not sure if someone has done that better. I wrote about it here:https://meaningness.wordpress.com/2015/10/05/buddhist-ethics-is-advertising/ …1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes - 9 more replies
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