More specifically, I thought the main connection was (a) Moldbug frequenting OB (b) Mike Anissimov as the transhumanist neoreactionary. Was there more I’ve missed? (I know lots more of such showed up later.)
David_Gerard
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I really don’t think so. There’s a pattern of this with creationists, c.f. Paul Broun condemning embryology as (literally) the work of Satan—which sounds truly weird unless you know how much e.g. Dawkins hammered on embryology as slam-dunk proof of evolution in The Greatest Show On Earth. This is another in a long series of bills attempting to get creationism a foothold in publicly-funded education, even if it has to be written entirely in dogwhistles. It may seem uncharitable in the evidence given (a single link), but not if you know the history of this sort of attempted legislative end-run.
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The Fate of Galt’s Gulch Chile, an experimental Objectivist community. Post is by a buyer.
When your delusion runs deep enough, the actual process of joined-up thinking itself is literally your enemy.
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I note also KnaveOfAllTrades’ recent post about the analogous concept of a “sports quotient”.
Open thread, 18-24 August 2014
The description: “Philosophy in Video Games [F]: A discussion of philosophical themes present in many different video games. Topics will include epistemology, utilitarianism, philosophy of science, ethics, logic, and metaphysics. All topics will be explained upon introduction and no prior knowledge is necessary to participate!”
Did they record all panels?
Open thread, 11-17 August 2014
It’s worse in Britain—remember that the Church of England is a state church, with bishops in the House of Lords. And here we have bishops literally claiming tolerance for sodomy causes floods. Clearly, this is strong evidence that Britain, despite being a rich first-world country, is a sick state that must be taken over by somewhere sane forthwith.
Being right while being a dick about it is being a dick. If people then object saying you’re acting like a dick, reacting “but I’m RIGHT!” doesn’t address that.
A fun one which came up recently on IRC: everyone thinks that how your parents raise you is incredibly important, this is so obvious it doesn’t need any proof and is universal common sense, and you can find extended discussions of the best way to raise kids from Plato’s Republic to Rousseau’s Emile to Spock.
Except twin studies consistently estimate that the influence of ‘shared environment’ (the home) is small or near-zero for many traits compared to genetics and randomness/nonshared-environment.
This is quite possibly the most comforting scientific result ever for me as a parent, by the way.
Finally showed the seven-year-old Star Wars this afternoon. (DVD Greedo-shot-first version, not that she gives a hoot.) She was delighted. Her previous reference for all the stuff in it is Angry Birds Star Wars. Culture! It’s important!
THE TECHNO QUEEN (capitals) (thunder). I’ve spent the last month reading Worm fanfics and this is definitely the finest so far. Up there with The Goblin Queen.
June 1st or July 1st?
Worried about “white extinction”? Stop worrying—more people are signing up to be white than ever before!