Yeah, it’s not a good use of your time to seek that out. But if you do happen to stumble upon them (e. g., if they intruded into your garden, or if Zvi’s newsletter covered an incident involving them, with quotes), and a statement from them causes a twinge of “hm, there may be something to it...”, investigating that twinge may be useful. You shouldn’t necessarily crush it in a burst of cognitive dissonance/self-protectivenss.
Giving attention to sneering comments that happen to bubble to your attention isn’t Pareto optional on any front. If you want to learn where you are wrong, seek out the most insightful people who disagree with you (and not just the ones that use long essays to lay out their case logically).
Yeah, it’s not a good use of your time to seek that out. But if you do happen to stumble upon them (e. g., if they intruded into your garden, or if Zvi’s newsletter covered an incident involving them, with quotes), and a statement from them causes a twinge of “hm, there may be something to it...”, investigating that twinge may be useful. You shouldn’t necessarily crush it in a burst of cognitive dissonance/self-protectivenss.
Giving attention to sneering comments that happen to bubble to your attention isn’t Pareto optional on any front. If you want to learn where you are wrong, seek out the most insightful people who disagree with you (and not just the ones that use long essays to lay out their case logically).