If the rationalist crowd is DC universe then Scott Alexander is probably the rationalist Superman. The pseudonym is approximately at the Clark Kent glasses level.
Weird how I never saw this before, despite making ‘Peter Thiel = Batman’ jokes for years.
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Liked for Scott Alexander = Clark Kent
Disliked for Peter Thiel = Batman
I have a somewhat different outlook on mr. Thiel
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It’s a Marvel universe thing, but the Inhumans are a great cast of characters for this sort of matching game.
Dibs on Karnak.
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In the rationalist fanfic Metropolitan Man, Lex Luthor is the ultra-rational protagonist. No easy analogies here 😅
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Mixing cinematic universes, but the Fantastic Four is the best example of Antifragile I can think of, so clearly Nassim Taleb is the Thing.




