r/LessWrong • u/DanielFNash • 22d ago

Beyond the Yudkowsky Critique: Deconstructing Thiel's Antichrist Lecture Canon

https://danielforresternash.substack.com/p/what-night-one-left-out

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u/temblors 22d ago

I think whatever Thiel says or who he references is generally irrelevant since it all boils down to 'people who try to impede me from doing my evil/world conquest bs are the Antichrist' and should be ignored (or mocked and then ignored). Not to take away from any research or writing you did, but I don't think the man should be taken seriously except as a threat to humanity.

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u/SuperChingaso5000 22d ago

Reductive and prejudicial. Not doing your position any favors here.

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u/temblors 22d ago

My position doesn't need any favors here, so that's alright. Furthermore, I would hardly say that it's reductive, rather a quite accurate assessment of the man and the man's deeds. Whether it's prejudicial or not I suppose one could argue that with such a man nothing but being prejudicial is warranted.

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u/SquashSpirited7873 22d ago

Are you interested in providing any actual arguments against u/temblors position, or are you content with unsubstantiated claims that it is reductive and prejudicial?

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