r/SneerClub archives

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"Pinker is troubled by what he sees as rationality’s image problem. 'Rationality is uncool,' he laments. It isn’t seen as 'dope, phat, chill, fly, sick or da bomb.'" (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/books/review-rationality-steven-pinker.html)

posted at September 29, 2021 02:38 PM by u/Epistaxis

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Scooter pontificates on the decline of modern art (https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/whither-tartaria)

posted at September 27, 2021 08:26 AM by u/DELETED

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Leverage Research: shocked, shocked to discover that another LessWrong-associated rationalist group is actually a NXIVM-style sex cult (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Kz9zMgWB5C27Pmdkh/common-knowledge-facts-about-leverage-research-1-0-1)

posted at September 26, 2021 07:44 PM by u/dgerard

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33

The dagger signals dangerous ideas within (https://i.redd.it/0yk6tlqsbwp71.jpg)

posted at September 26, 2021 07:06 PM by u/textlossarcade

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51

NSFW A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century review – self-help laced with pseudoscience (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/24/a-hunter-gatherers-guide-to-the-21st-century-review-sciencey-self-help)

posted at September 26, 2021 09:37 AM by u/DELETED

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40

Guzzling down horse paste, but rationally (https://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1437890465013981184)

posted at September 24, 2021 07:00 PM by u/DELETED

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Eating only food associated with your race is totally based in hard science. (https://twitter.com/sturgeons_law/status/1440117409105408003?s=21)

posted at September 23, 2021 01:56 PM by u/Kajel-Jeten

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61

damn if you're a rationalist why are you so fucking stupid (https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl/status/1440506658333945866?s=19)

posted at September 23, 2021 12:13 AM by u/beyondthepaleogender

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56

Content Warning: Rape apologism & homophobic slurs Good article on Sugar Daddy Thiel (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peter-thiel-silicon-valley-contrarian-max-chafkin.html)

posted at September 22, 2021 12:56 PM by u/Elder_Cryptid

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"The usual strategy of asking tech billionaires for money isn’t going to work here because of campaign finance laws" (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/pr94l4/the_usual_strategy_of_asking_tech_billionaires/)

posted at September 19, 2021 02:37 PM by u/sverlook

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47

Effective Altruism is when you give money to fossil fuel companies (https://www.reddit.com/r/EffectiveAltruism/comments/pq0752/how_about_just_giving_tons_of_money_to_big_oil_to/)

posted at September 17, 2021 09:17 PM by u/eario

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8

Did you know convicted rapist Jerry Sandusky is innocent? (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/pmned3/smallscale_question_sunday_for_september_12_2021/hcrrdgj)

posted at September 15, 2021 11:22 PM by u/Notaflatland

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17

NSFW TheMotte is a problem (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/pp16jy/themotte_is_a_problem/)

posted at September 15, 2021 11:04 PM by u/Notaflatland

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There's an entire subreddit dedicated to strawmanning LessWrong (/r/LessWrong/comments/pojrdu/theres_an_entire_subreddit_dedicated_to/)

posted at September 15, 2021 03:32 PM by u/run_zeno_run

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NSFW Is the general idea of "we should be more rational" unsalvageable? (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/poozsu/is_the_general_idea_of_we_should_be_more_rational/)

posted at September 15, 2021 12:18 PM by u/zero-fifteen

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57

When you think about, don't women actually have it better off because they can trade sexual favors for a place to live if they become homeless? This and other insights into the female condition discussed herein (https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/pn9tal/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_september_13/hcr35hu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)

posted at September 15, 2021 08:32 AM by u/DELETED

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Dishonesty on r/SneerClub (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/po9r7j/dishonesty_on_rsneerclub/)

posted at September 14, 2021 07:29 PM by u/DELETED

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Short of content, Lesswrong pilots £500 payments for .... book reviews?!? (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/eHnupDgggBqDqT5eg/lesswrong-is-paying-usd500-for-book-reviews)

posted at September 14, 2021 12:39 PM by u/laramatharaj

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78

Any problem can be solved by throwing money at it, or “aligning” things with fictional sci fi tech (https://i.redd.it/tmjhbz30q8n71.jpg)

posted at September 13, 2021 09:34 AM by u/textlossarcade

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56

Robin Hanson doesn't have the balls to say he hates Muslims. (Posted on 9/11) (https://www.overcomingbias.com/2021/09/the-insular-fertile-future.html)

posted at September 12, 2021 10:49 AM by u/Sneerer666

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Curtis Yarvin on Tucker Carlson... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsGbRNmu4NQ)

posted at September 10, 2021 03:00 PM by u/fake_plants

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58

You know what kind of altruism is really really effective? Getting in bed with fascist! (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/pljyl1/you_know_what_kind_of_altruism_is_really_really/)

posted at September 10, 2021 12:23 PM by u/slator_hardin

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Robin Hanson proves aliens exist! (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/pl6dmn/robin_hanson_proves_aliens_exist/)

posted at September 09, 2021 08:51 PM by u/CodePending

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"Bayesians", amirite? (https://respectfulinsolence.com/2021/09/03/tom-chivers-misunderstands-science-denial/)

posted at September 09, 2021 02:01 PM by u/Consistent_Actuator

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TFW Eliezer entirely forgets about Scott’s FDA post from like two weeks ago (https://i.redd.it/69dw23mxd0m71.jpg)

posted at September 07, 2021 04:28 AM by u/textlossarcade

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