@GabrielDuquette the words that come to mind are "thoughtfully mindkilled" but mostly it's the creepy distancing, as from a contaminant
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@St_Rev the part where he treats the question of "is human welfare getting better or worse" as solved based on very thin evidence -
@sarahdoingthing You mean the part about Whig history? -
@St_Rev no about happiness and stuff -
@sarahdoingthing He's rebutting a claim by reactionaries that happiness is decreasing. Showing that there's no consensus is sufficient. -
@St_Rev my problem with it is that it's a deep, interesting question and he's like, well that's done, next... -
@St_Rev but my problem is more with the crowd-surfing response to it than the essay itself - relief from intellectual tension is shameful. -
@sarahdoingthing Corrupt epistemology. -
@St_Rev this may be true, although I think it's dangerous (though common) to treat any epistemology as "corrupt" like a diseased corpse - 1 more reply
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