Someone replied that Less Wrong should be ashamed for allowing “Ayn rand derangement syndrome” and that anyone who held the view that Ayn rand was crazy should be downvoted. His post got upvoted while my posts got downvoted to −6 as a result. This is one (small) example of what I call crazy views that get a surprising amount of support on less wrong.
Please link to the comment so people can verify the context for themselves.
The comments above include suggest this as the thread under discussion.
That link is not provided by the OP, though, so it’s possible they meant something else. OTOH, Googling site:http://lesswrong.com “Ayn rand derangement syndrome” only turns up that thread, so it seems likely referent. (To my amazement, removing the site parameter still only turns up that thread, which seems implausible… is this some kind of automatic Google-tuning? Do others get the same result?)
For my own part, I think a charitable reading of the OP’s summary is close enough to accurate, but in the context of their comments more generally I’m no longer willing to extend them the benefit of the doubt implied by a charitable reading.
(To my amazement, removing the site parameter still only turns up that thread, which seems implausible… is this some kind of automatic Google-tuning? Do others get the same result?)
I’m getting the same results. It’s a relatively recent neologism (~10 years), and most uses focus on modern political leadership or modern organizations, which may be why.
Please link to the comment so people can verify the context for themselves.
The comments above include suggest this as the thread under discussion.
That link is not provided by the OP, though, so it’s possible they meant something else. OTOH, Googling site:http://lesswrong.com “Ayn rand derangement syndrome” only turns up that thread, so it seems likely referent. (To my amazement, removing the site parameter still only turns up that thread, which seems implausible… is this some kind of automatic Google-tuning? Do others get the same result?)
For my own part, I think a charitable reading of the OP’s summary is close enough to accurate, but in the context of their comments more generally I’m no longer willing to extend them the benefit of the doubt implied by a charitable reading.
I’m getting the same results. It’s a relatively recent neologism (~10 years), and most uses focus on modern political leadership or modern organizations, which may be why.
Still, a surprising Googlebomb.