Eugine_Nier comments on Glenn Beck discusses the Singularity, cites SI researchers - Less Wrong

50 Post author: Brihaspati 12 June 2012 04:45PM

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Comment author: Multiheaded 13 June 2012 05:13:48AM *  9 points [-]

Clearly Waitingforgodel was talking about, y'know conservative people - with a conservative general mindset that extends into politics - and not progress-loving, ultra-capitalist right-wingers that get lumped in as "Conservatives". The distinction looks obvious enough to me.

And I'm not at all convinced that we should prefer the latter's enthusiasm to the former's anger.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 13 June 2012 06:40:18AM 8 points [-]

Clearly Waitingforgodel was talking about, y'know conservative people - with a conservative general mindset that extends into politics - and not progress-loving, ultra-capitalist right-wingers that get lumped in as "Conservatives". The distinction looks obvious enough to me.

That's because you're a Burkean socialist. That distinction is not obvious to a large part of the population.

Comment author: Multiheaded 13 June 2012 06:43:53AM 1 point [-]

We ought to be more savvy than the general public in most regards, though, shouldn't we?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 13 June 2012 07:00:56AM 2 points [-]

My point is that the distinction might not have been obvious to Waitingforgodel.

Comment author: Multiheaded 13 June 2012 07:03:39AM *  1 point [-]

Yeah, well, in that case it's more evidence that he wasn't acting very sensibly :)