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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.

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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It’s my strong belief that rats only like analytic philosophy because of the word “analytic” in the title. If there were some other broad category of philosophy with a name more synonymous with “rational” they’d be all over it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

the birth of a cursed phrase

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You would expect some actual bayesian analysis in a stats-heavy field like psych, though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

@bitofhope

I assume it would be more vibes-based Bayes.