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TracingWoodgrains launches a defense of Manifest's controversial reputation, all without betraying a basic understanding of what the word "controversial" means. (forum.effectivealtruism.org)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/sneerclub@awful.systems
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...And if it weren't for that one joke by Hannibal, Bill Cosby would be very uncontroversial.

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[–] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

He also wants us to know that Hannania is much less right than he’s made out to be

Also he doesn't grasp that people hate Hanania because he's a racist, not because of where he falls on the forced left/right spectrum.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    People like TW are the perfect distillation of the booksmart Slate Star Codex fan class, who are so completely sealed in their bubble that they aren’t even in touch with major parts of themselves anymore. They lose, or never developed, the capacity to even simulate a coherent theory of mind which would make appropriate sense of what the other person is saying. Brains like a Frank Gehry building with a roof made from sheer enthusiasm supported by warped tent poles of Scott Alexander heuristics sticking out at odd angles from each other.

    Wow, I went looking for something else and found a deeply sad illustration of exactly what I’m talking about:

    https://twitter.com/tracewoodgrains/status/1772398359745012139

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "Yeah, they're good people; we would hang out more, but my brain isn't leaking out of my ears"

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago*

    Not to get too corny about it, but there are people in this world who think “don’t condescend” means “be nice about other people’s shortcomings” and people who think it means “you might fucking learn something if you would just stop condescending to people you perceive as having shortcomings”, and the first group is completely oblivious to the difference

    Which is fine, actually, kind of. It certainly takes genuine work if for whatever reason you grew up to see things in a particular way. But it’s also completely not fucking fine that there are so many people going about their lives pontificating on the world without a shred of the requisite humility.

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