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- 23 de Jun, 2015
I know Scott is a smart guy and it would be foolish to just say he's wrong because I don't share or like some of his political beliefs. I've seen him make enough solid arguments to know his brain works.
But I still have to conclude he's so far out in left field, sociopolitically, that he isn't aware of that himself. For example, this is a dude who is scientifically minded to an autistic degree but still sticks fucking "trigger warnings" at the beginning of his posts. Everything in modern psychology tells us those are not only unnecessary but that they do the exact opposite of what SocJus types claim they are intended to do: help people with problems. At best they do nothing but virtue signal to SJWs. At worst, they prevent people with problems from facing and overcoming them (in perhaps the last threatening way possible).
Why would a smart guy interested primarily in where the evidence takes us continue to include pure nonsense like that with every post on his blog? Either he's doing what he thinks he has to do to get through to SJWs (and I don't find that convincing) or he's not as interested in the truth as he is in signaling his left-wing biases/alliances.
But yes, occasionally he has an insightful analysis of a complicated issue. That's what makes the rest of his bullshit so frustrating.
Would you accept it as a way to ward off criticism from the SJ left, or at least make what he's saying slightly more palatable? As I said, he doesn't seem to get that the people on the far left are not arguing in good faith.
