But, in general, I don't think it's possible to be passingly familiar with Scott's blog and not know that one of his hobbyhorses is "IQ realism" and biological determinism, and the distance between this and eugenics is at best a hairsbreadth
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Replying to @arthur_affect
What I don't get is how you argue for using any tactic available to destroy your enemies, including disinfo, slander, lies and bullying, and then expect us to just accept this characterization of Scott with no receipts. Why should anybody trust what you say?
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Yeah it's almost like I'm trying to exercise social power by ginning up an emotional reaction among people who already agree with me and are on my side and don't particularly care about winning debates with the unconvinced
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Replying to @arthur_affect @cowtung
I don't actually have any kind of Svengali mind control powers but a lot of other people who have history with Scott are fully willing to get on this bandwagon without interrogating me for receipts Maybe if he had more self awareness he'd ask himself why that is
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Maybe it's because I'm autistic or something, but I honestly don't understand your way of thinking about this. Your ability to harness clout with such tactics speaks ill of humanity. We aren't going to make it through the Great Filter because of people like you (on all sides).
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Replying to @arthur_affect @cowtung
"Great Filter" - is this more Roko's Basilisk fuckwattery?
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Replying to @banalexistence @cowtung
It's the thing about the Fermi paradox and how there's some kind of "filter" technological life must pass through to become spacefaring and that's why interstellar civilization doesn't seem to exist
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Replying to @arthur_affect @banalexistence
Intelligent life by its nature fails to coordinate at scale until the oceans evaporate or nukes drop. The notion that truth doesn't matter spreads through populations until even those worried about the climate are paradoxically against nuclear energy. Defectors kill us all.
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Replying to @cowtung @banalexistence
If we're going to talk about "defectors" and the Prisoner's Dilemma and other nerd shit I am on record as saying the ending to Cabin in the Woods is one of my favorite movie endings ever
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"The only way for the human race to survive is for you to make the rational choice to sacrifice your own lives Otherwise EVERYONE will die" *smokes joint* "Guess you're gonna die then"
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"But that doesn't make any sense! YOU die either way! You don't benefit at all from making the selfish choice!" "I benefit from seeing the look on your face right now"
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This is a take with a nerdy white man pedigree, this was Peter Watts' rant from his Rifters trilogy before he did Blindsight The ruling class is expert at rigging the game They can ALWAYS set up the reward tables so they win either way - whether you pick Cooperate or Defect
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