thomblake comments on Why is Mencius Moldbug so popular on Less Wrong? [Answer: He's not.] - Less Wrong

9 Post author: arborealhominid 16 November 2012 06:37PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (259)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Yvain 16 November 2012 07:21:22PM *  11 points [-]

On the as-yet-unfinished survey, n gbgny bs fvkgrra people identify themselves as "Moldbuggian" and na nqqvgvbany gjb people as "reactionary". Compare this to other categories; for example nobhg avargl rnpu for "libertarian" and "progressive".

(edit: rot13ed number for people who want to predict it in advance)

Comment author: thomblake 16 November 2012 07:23:19PM *  1 point [-]

That sounds about right to me (though sadly I didn't try to predict in advance). I wonder how that differs from other communities that have had significant exposure to Moldbug.

Comment author: Curiouskid 18 November 2012 07:37:22AM 1 point [-]

This would make an interesting post in and of itself. What communities do you have in mind?

Comment author: thomblake 19 November 2012 02:30:42PM 0 points [-]

What communities do you have in mind?

I did not mean to imply existence of such communities.