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Broadview Heights, Ohio
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    1. Rational Thinker 69‏ @Rationalist69 Feb 14
      Replying to @espiers

      The fact they sought out basically a random person on Twitter who was advertising dirt on SSC after the initial blowup tells me they probably were aiming to cause harm. Perhaps due to the initial blowup, but I don’t buy that part

      1 reply 1 retweet 12 likes
    2. Elizabeth Spiers‏Verified account @espiers Feb 14
      Replying to @Rationalist69

      That is ... dumb. Reporters listen to all potential sources and determine who's credible and who isn't. And every source has an agenda--including the subject of the piece, who is also a source.

      3 replies 2 retweets 66 likes
    3. Rational Thinker 69‏ @Rationalist69 Feb 14
      Replying to @espiers

      This isn't really the view of the (completely random-ass mostly Doctor Who scholar) who got called in for a quote, and I think her logic is pretty solid.pic.twitter.com/Ssn0oL4yUN

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    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 16
      Replying to @Rationalist69 @espiers

      In what possible sense is Sandifer "random-ass" in the pejorative sense you're using that term and Scott himself is not

      1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
    5. Rational Thinker 69‏ @Rationalist69 Feb 16
      Replying to @arthur_affect @espiers

      In the sense that, if you deemed Scott worthy of writing about (perhaps you disagree, but they had already crossed that line), this individual strikes me as a pretty random person to include, beyond the scope of advertising dirt on Scott on Twitter.pic.twitter.com/CGJMkf2via

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    6. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 16
      Replying to @Rationalist69 @espiers

      She's studied the rationalist movement enough to write the only full-length critical book about them I'm aware of (Neoreaction: A Basilisk)

      1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
    7. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 16
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Rationalist69 @espiers

      You could say "It's self-published, why should I care about her opinion, however prolix, if academic and commercial gatekeepers don't" But then you'd have to ask the same thing about every single thing Scott, Eliezer, and most of their friends have written

      1 reply 1 retweet 17 likes
    8. Rational Thinker 69‏ @Rationalist69 Feb 16
      Replying to @arthur_affect @espiers

      I don’t care about gatekeepers. My point is just that, if you were looking to do just an examination, a person who wrote a book on a kinda-sorta related phenomenon and was advertising dirt seems odd to go to. If you’re looking to do a hit piece, it makes perfect sensepic.twitter.com/EnRpO8JhOD

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    9. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 16
      Replying to @Rationalist69 @espiers

      Right, the definition of "a hit piece" is "one where some of the sources dislike Scott"

      3 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
    10. Rational Thinker 69‏ @Rationalist69 Feb 16
      Replying to @arthur_affect @espiers

      She would just strike me as low on the list for an overall view of why the blog is popular. I mean heck, even Ross Douthat or Ezra Klein or David Brooks work at the same building and have cited him, ask them? But, if the idea is to link the blog to various nebulous people...pic.twitter.com/87aoNNZdgp

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 16
      Replying to @Rationalist69 @espiers

      Do you think the point of the article is to be about "Why the blog is popular" That doesn't sound like a news article to me, that sounds like an advertisement that Scott should have to pay market rates for

      11:41 AM - 16 Feb 2021
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        2. Rational Thinker 69‏ @Rationalist69 Feb 16
          Replying to @arthur_affect @espiers

          Not even implying praising (though supposedly it started with good COVID predictions), but especially if he's just a random guy (which, as you note, he kinda is), I would think a starting point would be 'why is this site known and/or influential'pic.twitter.com/LpeFoy3ZP8

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        3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 16
          Replying to @Rationalist69 @espiers

          It's known and influential and also controversial and, in some circles, widely disliked Why is the latter not just as relevant as the former

          0 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
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