I live in France where I make wine. I travel a lot to talk about and sell the wine. I have a blog where I write about wine. … It’s nice to come here and think about things that have nothing to do with wine.
I also come here to detox after having frustrating conversations with wine idiots and whatnot. My most recent detox was after a series of comments on my aforementioned blog which the masochists amongst you can read at http://mastergrape.com/blog/?p=270
The wine culture is, in my opinion, all about status signaling. I wouldn’t be surprised if wine enthusiasts are also over-cynical: a common intellectual status signal.
Interesting. Is there a pejorative connotation to being cynical that rationalists know of? Does that just mean they’re really critical? Does it mean I’m hyper-critical?! I may be.
It’s definitely true that the wine world is swamped with people that excessively favor tradition. It can impede progress or any kind of logical discourse at times.
I live in France where I make wine. I travel a lot to talk about and sell the wine. I have a blog where I write about wine. … It’s nice to come here and think about things that have nothing to do with wine.
I also come here to detox after having frustrating conversations with wine idiots and whatnot. My most recent detox was after a series of comments on my aforementioned blog which the masochists amongst you can read at http://mastergrape.com/blog/?p=270
The wine culture is, in my opinion, all about status signaling. I wouldn’t be surprised if wine enthusiasts are also over-cynical: a common intellectual status signal.
Interesting. Is there a pejorative connotation to being cynical that rationalists know of? Does that just mean they’re really critical? Does it mean I’m hyper-critical?! I may be.
It’s definitely true that the wine world is swamped with people that excessively favor tradition. It can impede progress or any kind of logical discourse at times.
I think Eliezer’s take on cynicism is spot on.
Voted up. Tradition is annoying.