I’m curious; did you choose that analogy on purpose?
Anyway: yes, I agree, I think Eugine thinks that lack of enthusiasm for bigotry ⇒ denial of biological realities ⇒ stupid irrationality ⇒ doesn’t belong on LW, and that’s part of what’s going on here. But I am pretty sure that Eugine or anyone else would search in vain[1] for anything I’ve said on LW that denies biological realities, and that being wrong about one controversial topic doesn’t by any means imply stupid irrationality—and I think it’s at least partly the personal-vendetta thing, and partly a severe case of political mindkilling, that stops him noticing those things.
[1] And not only because searching for anything on LW is a pain in the (ahahahaha) posterior.
I’m curious; did you choose that analogy on purpose?
Not in that regard, no. I’m actually vaguely in favor of the Sad Puppies, as I think that Larry Correia has some significant points, although I think, as with Correia, that the point was already made, and at this point I regard it as largely a political exercise.
Which is to say, I agree with the original purpose of demonstrating that there is a bias at play (given the staunch denials that such a bias existed), but have little interest in their efforts at fighting the bias. I don’t care about the award, I don’t care who it goes to; it was never a selling point to me, and never will be.
The Rabid Puppies… I find boring and childish. They hopped on the bandwagon entirely to piss off people they enjoy pissing off.
“You have refused death,” said Dumbledore, “and if I destroyed your body, your spirit would only wander back, like a dumb animal that cannot understand it is being sent away.”
I’m curious; did you choose that analogy on purpose?
Anyway: yes, I agree, I think Eugine thinks that lack of enthusiasm for bigotry ⇒ denial of biological realities ⇒ stupid irrationality ⇒ doesn’t belong on LW, and that’s part of what’s going on here. But I am pretty sure that Eugine or anyone else would search in vain[1] for anything I’ve said on LW that denies biological realities, and that being wrong about one controversial topic doesn’t by any means imply stupid irrationality—and I think it’s at least partly the personal-vendetta thing, and partly a severe case of political mindkilling, that stops him noticing those things.
[1] And not only because searching for anything on LW is a pain in the (ahahahaha) posterior.
Not in that regard, no. I’m actually vaguely in favor of the Sad Puppies, as I think that Larry Correia has some significant points, although I think, as with Correia, that the point was already made, and at this point I regard it as largely a political exercise.
Which is to say, I agree with the original purpose of demonstrating that there is a bias at play (given the staunch denials that such a bias existed), but have little interest in their efforts at fighting the bias. I don’t care about the award, I don’t care who it goes to; it was never a selling point to me, and never will be.
The Rabid Puppies… I find boring and childish. They hopped on the bandwagon entirely to piss off people they enjoy pissing off.
Reminds me of: