Sam did something similar on his tour for the book. He invited people to come up and correct his views on his book.
It’s was either clueless, or fundamentally dishonest. Sam can add 2 and 2. The problems with his book, like most others, are primarily conceptual, and impossible to correct in a 30 second response to Sam after his lecture. He chose not to engage the professional literature on his rehash of utilitarianism and moral objectivism, and then invites people to correct him in a 30 second response to his lecture. Unserious.
I don’t think any of his fundamental moves pass a laugh test. But it’s extremely difficult to help a conceptually confused person see the error of their ways. We can’t do it for him. He has to decide to face serious interrogation by his critics, where he attempts to clarify his own argument, and sees if he can do it. He’s shown no indication of a willingness to do this. Instead, he’ll just read essays, cram them into his conceptual confusion, and dismiss them, most likely claiming that they didn’t understand his argument, where I’d argue that neither did he. What a pointless exercise.
Sam did something similar on his tour for the book. He invited people to come up and correct his views on his book.
It’s was either clueless, or fundamentally dishonest. Sam can add 2 and 2. The problems with his book, like most others, are primarily conceptual, and impossible to correct in a 30 second response to Sam after his lecture. He chose not to engage the professional literature on his rehash of utilitarianism and moral objectivism, and then invites people to correct him in a 30 second response to his lecture. Unserious.
I don’t think any of his fundamental moves pass a laugh test. But it’s extremely difficult to help a conceptually confused person see the error of their ways. We can’t do it for him. He has to decide to face serious interrogation by his critics, where he attempts to clarify his own argument, and sees if he can do it. He’s shown no indication of a willingness to do this. Instead, he’ll just read essays, cram them into his conceptual confusion, and dismiss them, most likely claiming that they didn’t understand his argument, where I’d argue that neither did he. What a pointless exercise.