Before his arrest this week in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, Mangione’s family desperately tried to find him, reaching out to former classmates and posting queries on social media.
okay a lot of that is good and all, but here’s the flipside: a lot of these fuckwits outright prey on naïve curiousity. it is one of their biggest feeders for taking in people who don’t yet know any better
and that’s kinda the point. broadly I agree with you, but curiousity is a dangerous things
(also the reason I asked was the framing of one of your statements, so: Rationalism, big-R specifically. congratulations on learning about some of the worst people around)
Yes, I’ve gradually become aware of that. You make a good point. It famously tends to kill cats.
I managed to avoid a lot of that, somehow, fortunately. I know my path isn’t everyone else’s and I certainly wouldn’t wish mine on anyone. I dumped Kent Hovind and Ken Hamm and went straight to people like Carl Sagan and Mr Rogers, and made a bunch of leftist and gay friends I’d always been warned to avoid. I never understood the appeal of Jordan Peterson and his ilk.
Actually, I did still get hooked by Graham Hancock for a few weeks a while back. But I’m guarded against grandiose claims and quickly checked out his critics. Lesson learned. I may be vaccinated, but I’m not immune.
okay a lot of that is good and all, but here’s the flipside: a lot of these fuckwits outright prey on naïve curiousity. it is one of their biggest feeders for taking in people who don’t yet know any better
and that’s kinda the point. broadly I agree with you, but curiousity is a dangerous things
(also the reason I asked was the framing of one of your statements, so: Rationalism, big-R specifically. congratulations on learning about some of the worst people around)
Yes, I’ve gradually become aware of that. You make a good point. It famously tends to kill cats.
I managed to avoid a lot of that, somehow, fortunately. I know my path isn’t everyone else’s and I certainly wouldn’t wish mine on anyone. I dumped Kent Hovind and Ken Hamm and went straight to people like Carl Sagan and Mr Rogers, and made a bunch of leftist and gay friends I’d always been warned to avoid. I never understood the appeal of Jordan Peterson and his ilk.
Actually, I did still get hooked by Graham Hancock for a few weeks a while back. But I’m guarded against grandiose claims and quickly checked out his critics. Lesson learned. I may be vaccinated, but I’m not immune.