Most people don’t believe in ideas, they want to associate with high status. Saying lots of clever contrarian things is a way of building status with contrarians. Almost no one is qualified to judge the truth value of far claims.
Nice try, Robin Hanson.
Most people don’t believe in ideas, they want to associate with high status. Saying lots of clever contrarian things is a way of building status with contrarians. Almost no one is qualified to judge the truth value of far claims.
Nice try, Robin Hanson.