27chaos comments on Words per person year and intellectual rigor - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 27 August 2015 01:52:34PM *  4 points [-]

I don't get the pertinence of the photo. Was it ironic? It doesn't bring out his possession of the attributes you mentioned, and moreover one of his eyes is half-shut - it seems like it was selected to be a bad moment.

If I had the habit of publishing my photos, that particular one would be bound for the trash. If I were professional and released that one without specific instructions to do so, I would expect a reputation hit.

Comment author: 27chaos 27 August 2015 05:08:53PM 4 points [-]

Literally all photos of Zizek look like this.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 27 August 2015 06:29:45PM *  4 points [-]

Literally all photos of Zizek look like this.

Not literally literally, but close.

Truly, the face is the picture of the soul. I clicked on a rare cheerful picture and found an article headlined "Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots."