CellBioGuy comments on What are "the really good ideas" that Peter Thiel says are too dangerous to mention? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CellBioGuy 13 April 2015 12:31:16PM *  5 points [-]

Its ever so convenient. "Im such a smart and unconventional guy I know all these important things that nobody will say. But i'll just tell you I know them without saying them."

He gets to sound wise without needing to actually say anything at all, and everyone gets to project whatever non-popular ideas they have onto him and conclude he is One Of Us.

Brilliant really.

Comment author: eternal_neophyte 13 April 2015 05:29:06PM *  3 points [-]

That's uncharitable. Has Thiel done or said things (which I must be unaware of) the earn the reputation of a viper?