I can never decide if I hear Taleb speak in the voice of Hemingway or Hulk Hogan. Is there anyone else who does serious shitposting at an academic level? https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dictatorship-of-the-small-minority-3f1f83ce4e15 …
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Replying to @MimeticValue @slatestarcodex
No, that is sincereposting. Like Taleb, Scott Alexander is a paradigmatic thinker, which means he is willing to go out on a limb and sometimes be wrong, but he abides by a strict ethical code that involves kindness. Taleb loves to see certain parts of the world burn.
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Replying to @MimeticValue @slatestarcodex
Neither Taleb nor Scott Alexander consider it necessary to engage in preference falsification, which means that people that are not used to that might get angry at them and start throwing unsavory objects at them, but only Taleb actually enjoys that, while Scott is hurt.
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I disagree. Shitposting is driven by the annoyance about the majority being wrong. That is different from a mere willingness to ignore the majority opinion.
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