Okay, you made me realize I’ve been wrong about Michael. Your comment is the single most credible instance I’ve seen of him causing acute psychosis in an individual. Well, I guess it’s more the idea of Michael (and Ben), because no one who reads the linked blog posts or listens to the linked podcasts could mistakenly think your comments had anything to do with their content. I mean, it’s possible a casual observer might mistake your earlier characterization of their content as, “isn’t this just saying people can sometimes be hypocrites?” as merely garden variety functional illiteracy, but if they knew anything about this website and the high verbal IQ it selects for, they’d know to rule that possibility out immediately.
I’d also forgive someone for mistaking your comments for garden variety tribalism and treating arguments as your soldiers, but again, one needs to take into account the context of the website we’re on. There’s no way Viliam could expect to stay in good standing with this community if he pretended he couldn’t read while also making up a totally fabricated version of what others are saying. Like, maybe if the texts/audio in question were hidden and he had privileged access to them he could leverage his reputation and get people to take his word for it, but they’re all on the open internet and people can just read them! He would obviously have zero reason to expect anyone would cover for such flagrant nonsense.
So as unlikely as it seemed on priors, it really does look like Viliam has gone temporarily psychotic, with Michael Vassar as the proximal cause. Honestly this kinda scares me. I previously thought this was just dumb made up drama, but if people really can make people temporarily psychotic like this, it’s a huge worldview shift for me and I’m gonna have to take some time to integrate it. I hope at the very least that you’re in a safe environment and have loved ones that can help you out.
Okay, you made me realize I’ve been wrong about Michael. Your comment is the single most credible instance I’ve seen of him causing acute psychosis in an individual. Well, I guess it’s more the idea of Michael (and Ben), because no one who reads the linked blog posts or listens to the linked podcasts could mistakenly think your comments had anything to do with their content. I mean, it’s possible a casual observer might mistake your earlier characterization of their content as, “isn’t this just saying people can sometimes be hypocrites?” as merely garden variety functional illiteracy, but if they knew anything about this website and the high verbal IQ it selects for, they’d know to rule that possibility out immediately.
I’d also forgive someone for mistaking your comments for garden variety tribalism and treating arguments as your soldiers, but again, one needs to take into account the context of the website we’re on. There’s no way Viliam could expect to stay in good standing with this community if he pretended he couldn’t read while also making up a totally fabricated version of what others are saying. Like, maybe if the texts/audio in question were hidden and he had privileged access to them he could leverage his reputation and get people to take his word for it, but they’re all on the open internet and people can just read them! He would obviously have zero reason to expect anyone would cover for such flagrant nonsense.
So as unlikely as it seemed on priors, it really does look like Viliam has gone temporarily psychotic, with Michael Vassar as the proximal cause. Honestly this kinda scares me. I previously thought this was just dumb made up drama, but if people really can make people temporarily psychotic like this, it’s a huge worldview shift for me and I’m gonna have to take some time to integrate it. I hope at the very least that you’re in a safe environment and have loved ones that can help you out.