Is this the missing piece? The real reason dude is overreacting? Because there’s definitely a missing piece to this narrative of persecution by last name-revealing.
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I know a decent bit about Scott.
1) I'm a huge fan. So take the rest for what you will.
2) Claims that he's basically already doxxed are mostly false. Many know his last name but many more don't and e.g. I wasn't able to find it easily from public info.
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3) His writing can be rough around the edges--some of his pieces likely go overboard, especially when he feels emotionally strongly about the subject.
4) Many really do not like him. To some extent the strength of the sentiment against him is an argument for anonymity.
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5) I have no personal knowledge about the death threats etc. My best guess is that they're mostly just crackpots.
6) It's true it would likely inhibit his career to be doxxed. OTOH I think that it's really hard to maintain the two sides of his life that he does.
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7) The truth is that it makes no sense for him to keep up his day job. His blog is enormously more impactful, and I'm guessing fulfilling as well.
8) My honest guess is that there's a decent argument he's best off self-doxxing.
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9) There's a power in being public and owning it, although he would definitely be immediately 'canceled', so to speak.
10) I think that, as scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=4870 wrote, it's pretty shocking he hasn't been fully doxxed yet.
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If someone has written stuff in defense of widely debunked white supremacist "race science," should they be entitled to a courtesy cordon to keep that fact from their workplace? If so, why?