It is really transparently obvious that the author of the planned piece is a Scott Alexander fanboy who wanted to do a glowing puff piece and get the credit for introducing Scott's blog to the mainstream
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He didn't expect the degree to which Scott is actually a paranoid anti-MSM wackjob He didn't think using Scott's full name was a big deal because in any other context it HASN'T been a big deal Scott lets his friends cite him under his full name ALL THE TIME
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That's why in terms of "Scott Alexander vs the NYT" I am completely on the side of rooting for injuries Fuck them both I especially enjoy the idea of this techbro-worshiping naif who wanted to be Scott's new BFF having to fend off Pepe creeps calling him a Lugenpresse parasite
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Yeah, if htis was a month ago, they'd 'dox' him by having him fill out W-9.
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I do not know who this fellow is, but I just saw a tweet non-ironically referring to him as a “demigod of rationality,” so I feel pretty caught up now.
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