Which was sufficiently good at espousing Reactionary philosophy that I was STARTLED when I got to the end, because I had forgotten that you were only pretending to be Reactionary for the sake of an Ideological turing test. You were well on your way to convincing me to take a hard look at my own progressive ideals and find out why I hadn’t seen all of these obvious flaws and then you said:
Nevertheless, I hope that this has been a not-entirely futile exercise in trying to Ideological Turing Test an opposing belief.
Despite the fact, that you had literally said, at the beginning:
Much of this will be highly politically incorrect and offensive, because that’s what Reactionaries do. I have tried to be charitable towards these ideas, which means this post will be pushing politically incorrect and offensive positions. If you do not want to read it, especially the middle parts which are about race, I would totally understand that. But if you do read it and accuse me of holding these ideas myself and get really angry, then you fail at reading comprehension forever.
I seem to have forgotten that while reading the middle… So erm, yes, I understand that you don’t hold those ideas, and I’m not angry at you. But I do apparently fail at reading comprehension. And at having justifications for my ideals.
But reading this IN LIGHT of you saying a short time ago
I’m having trouble determining the best strategy in these kinds of games.
That’s just weird. I’m having a hard time visualizing room for there to even be a better strategy than what you just did.
It’s rather embarrassing to admit that I failed at reading comprehension, but the contrast seems to great to not mention.
Which was sufficiently good at espousing Reactionary philosophy that I was STARTLED when I got to the end, because I had forgotten that you were only pretending to be Reactionary for the sake of an Ideological turing test.
Yvain might be a brilliant doctor, now or some day, but what he writes is already genius. If only he realized that he could help more people and make more money if he seriously considered this as a career. The case of an altruistic lawyer volunteering in a soup kitchen comes to mind.
It isn’t at all obvious to me that he could help more people and make more money by making his career in writing. (I mean, obviously it’s possible that he would, but you can’t mean that because it’s pretty much always true for any pair of careers.)
Just what sort of writing career do you envisage for him that’s more lucrative and more world-enhancing than medicine?
(For the avoidance of doubt: I agree that his writing is excellent.)
Actually, I take it back. It’s not a dichotomy. He can be both and he will probably be a better writer if he is also a practicing psychiatrist. He might decide to write professionally at some point, though.
I had read this, when it was originally posted.
And then, I was referred to this, which was also written by you: http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/03/reactionary-philosophy-in-an-enormous-planet-sized-nutshell/
Which was sufficiently good at espousing Reactionary philosophy that I was STARTLED when I got to the end, because I had forgotten that you were only pretending to be Reactionary for the sake of an Ideological turing test. You were well on your way to convincing me to take a hard look at my own progressive ideals and find out why I hadn’t seen all of these obvious flaws and then you said:
Despite the fact, that you had literally said, at the beginning:
I seem to have forgotten that while reading the middle… So erm, yes, I understand that you don’t hold those ideas, and I’m not angry at you. But I do apparently fail at reading comprehension. And at having justifications for my ideals.
But reading this IN LIGHT of you saying a short time ago
That’s just weird. I’m having a hard time visualizing room for there to even be a better strategy than what you just did.
It’s rather embarrassing to admit that I failed at reading comprehension, but the contrast seems to great to not mention.
Yvain might be a brilliant doctor, now or some day, but what he writes is already genius. If only he realized that he could help more people and make more money if he seriously considered this as a career. The case of an altruistic lawyer volunteering in a soup kitchen comes to mind.
It isn’t at all obvious to me that he could help more people and make more money by making his career in writing. (I mean, obviously it’s possible that he would, but you can’t mean that because it’s pretty much always true for any pair of careers.)
Just what sort of writing career do you envisage for him that’s more lucrative and more world-enhancing than medicine?
(For the avoidance of doubt: I agree that his writing is excellent.)
Actually, I take it back. It’s not a dichotomy. He can be both and he will probably be a better writer if he is also a practicing psychiatrist. He might decide to write professionally at some point, though.