r/SneerClub archives

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"The racists like to couch this as a freedom of speech issue. They argue they have the right to say what they want, that the world needs more “diversity of opinion.” (https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-internet-is-a-cesspool-of-racist-pseudoscience/)

posted at September 24, 2020 12:28 PM by u/Consistent_Actuator

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The hackers learn about the Indian caste system and are delighted that they can use that knowledge to confirm their favorite biases. "Perhaps castes selected for higher IQ, and ignoring that effect is burying your head in the sand?" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24558237)

posted at September 22, 2020 06:59 PM by u/sue_me_please

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refering to george w bush as "hitler" ruined the world (https://medium.com/@ThingMaker/most-of-my-writings-about-this-were-ephemeral-and-are-hard-to-dig-up-now-social-media-posts-etc-5dc787abde9a)

posted at September 21, 2020 08:21 PM by u/megatr

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Casual race science advocacy courtesy of /r/TheMotte (https://old.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/iseo9j/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_september_14/g5r8iit/)

posted at September 19, 2020 06:52 AM by u/haankso

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Revisiting Scott's tackling of the famous theodicy "if censorship by the left is real how come right-wingers can't ever seem to shut the fuck up?" (https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/05/23/can-things-be-both-popular-and-silenced/)

posted at September 18, 2020 12:04 AM by u/youthr

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Yet another edition of "stray SSCer gets demoralized by their less-than-stellar IQ score, thinks their life is worthless, gets reassurance by Alexander himself that IQ doesn't matter for them personally" (https://old.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/itp1y4/should_i_even_go_to_college_with_my_iq/)

posted at September 17, 2020 11:14 AM by u/haankso

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"It's not that psychologists suck at math and IQ is bunk, you're just trying to 'Euler' me with your criticism!" -An old gem by Alexander (https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/10/getting-eulered/)

posted at September 16, 2020 08:03 PM by u/haankso

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What do you call it when you go "red pill" on the "rationality" movement? (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/iu1dsz/what_do_you_call_it_when_you_go_red_pill_on_the/)

posted at September 16, 2020 06:27 PM by u/Round_Wolf

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Just a good ol' fashioned 'war on drugs' post, arguing it's good because it helps catch the right kind of people (who probably did some 'hidden crime' anyway) (https://old.reddit.com/r/TheMotte/comments/iseo9j/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_september_14/g5d1uip/)

posted at September 15, 2020 05:18 PM by u/youthr

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I'm having an epiphany on slatestarcodex (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/isnxql/im_having_an_epiphany_on_slatestarcodex/)

posted at September 14, 2020 04:11 PM by u/Round_Wolf

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I Can Never Remember Which Scotts Are Allowed on This Sub (https://dilbert.com/strip/2020-09-13)

posted at September 13, 2020 11:22 PM by u/Kingshorsey

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Peter Thiel Met With Racist Fringe While Backing Trump | Buzzfeed (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/peter-thiel-donald-trump-white-nationalist-support)

posted at September 11, 2020 05:29 PM by u/Snugglerific

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AITA for recommending Worm to my fanbase of rationalists? (self.WormMemes) (https://np.reddit.com/r/WormMemes/comments/iqf7bf/aita_for_recommending_worm_to_my_fanbase_of/)

posted at September 11, 2020 08:23 AM by u/dgerard

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52

Don’t know where else to go with this information, but I’m sitting here, minding my own business in my zoom class, and all of a sudden my professor starts using data from Steven Pinker’s “Enlightenment Now” and i just- (https://i.redd.it/fvjbcxidzbm51.jpg)

posted at September 10, 2020 02:30 PM by u/package_of_bread

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[2013] Yudkowsky on magic pedophiles (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/a8dCAtNKM8eK3WHAE/thought-experiment-the-transhuman-pedophile?commentId=YAwrAtPhEMqmmFGzz)

posted at September 09, 2020 09:40 PM by u/DELETED

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I am losing my grasp on reality AHHHHHHHH (https://twitter.com/NLRG_/status/1303351073663483905)

posted at September 09, 2020 12:42 AM by u/Yes_This_Is_God

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Bryan Caplan is an antimasker now (https://www.econlib.org/the-risks-of-friendship-a-socratic-dialogue/)

posted at September 08, 2020 10:13 PM by u/status_maximizer

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What I don't understand about the Scotts is... (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/ioc781/what_i_dont_understand_about_the_scotts_is/)

posted at September 07, 2020 05:46 PM by u/youthr

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Guy rightly points out that /r/TheMotte is increasingly right-wing propaganda, user promptly shows up in the comments to defend literal Nazis (https://i.redd.it/cke7auw2qml51.png)

posted at September 07, 2020 01:37 AM by u/just_a_poe_boy

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CFAR superstar concludes that the best way to decrease inequality is to *increase* inequality, actually (https://i.redd.it/8nsd2f177hl51.png)

posted at September 06, 2020 07:00 AM by u/aponty

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Scott Aa. has a new motto (https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=4942)

posted at September 04, 2020 12:28 AM by u/completely-ineffable

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51

Scientist extraordinaire goes on about how "midwits'' can't question their own biases while practicing intellectual fellatio on camera. (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/il884h/scientist_extraordinaire_goes_on_about_how/)

posted at September 02, 2020 02:51 PM by u/DELETED

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Other sneer clubbers: pay attention to people who take a thousand words to get across their idiotic point/ Me: Pays attention to Aaron Haspel, who says utterly insipid garbage in 280 characters or less (https://twitter.com/ahaspel/status/1299020316711227398)

posted at September 01, 2020 01:02 AM by u/Myrdradek

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the future of SSC (https://np.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/ide2fj/sscnyt_updates/g28z989/)

posted at August 31, 2020 06:18 PM by u/dgerard

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"Sure, Sweden has had 10 times more COVID deaths than the other scandinavian countries, but we really should be looking at the happiness index... Also, old people are a net financial loss to society." (https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/ijjg6o/sure_sweden_has_had_10_times_more_covid_deaths/)

posted at August 30, 2020 08:05 PM by u/4YearsBeforeWeRest

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