A temptation of subcultural intellectualism is wanting to adopt to esoteric takes for roughly same reason you might want to wear uniquely “you” clothes. This poses a problem when best arguments are in fact boring, familiar ones that are commodities in intellectual fashion sense.
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I’m not much of a radical but I recognize when things are being shaken up successfully, whether or not I like the before/after shake-up transition. But I also try to take note of when shake-up attempts aren’t actually doing anything. Sound and fury signifying nothing.
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The converse is acting basic just to troll the snooty subculturalites around obvious insecurities. Acting basic when I actually take the insecure-esoteric positions seriously is a stronger temptation for me than temptation to act esoteric when I actually believe the basic take.
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The temptation to esotericism sucks in excellence oriented types. The temptation to trollish basicness sucks in mediocrity oriented type like me.
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Sounds like "Lindy" ideas to me - which, as you point out, people often ignore
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Lindy is a blackbox statistical test. I tend to analyze the position, not blindly accept it in proportion to antiquity. Typically I land on established but not ancient positions. Usually ~25-30y old. I suspect I’m most likely to trust ideas about as old as me.
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