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Comment author: arborealhominid 17 November 2012 03:48:58PM 6 points [-]

See my previous comment re: mistaking a vocal minority for a group consensus.

Comment author: [deleted] 17 November 2012 06:01:15PM *  14 points [-]

I'm not sure vocal is a good word, people who have read Moldbug and his ideas mention him certainly but no more than people who read and cite different bloggers like say Sister Y or Razib Khan.

The main reason I think references to his writing stand out as they seem to is because the models he proposes depart so radically from the formal description our society has for itself, yet is taken seriously by some not obviously crazy people.