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naraburns  nihil supernum  7mo ago (text post)   29958 thread views

Israel-Gaza Megathread #2

This is a refreshed megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.

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You know, I can understand him just fine with my paltry 115 IQ (as estimated by the Wonderlic). I once wrote something that it seems @naraburns, who is much smarter than me, didn't understand (others did though), so I'm wondering if there is some writing that is meant to be apprehended by faculties other than reason.

Yeah, it’s called “propaganda.”

Or, as someone said on this board, it’s a vibes-based world. Moldbug’s writing speaks to a certain vibe of intellectual disaffection. An apocalyptic tenor for people too clever to buy a Biblical apocalypse. Paeans to an era recent enough to be well-documented, but old enough to be rose-tinted. It’s the latest version of a classic appeal to the good ‘ol days.

For me it’s mostly just valuing my time. I know from past experience that vast majority of his essays can be reduced to one paragraph of plain English if you are familiar with his ideas. So I can’t be bothered with skimming through 20 mins of reading material and keeping my focus enough while doing so when he stops rambling I don’t miss it.

I have written things people much smarter than me did not understand. Mostly while drunk though.

But did anyone understand those is the real question? Because there were quite a few people who understood what I wrote.

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