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Comment author: MichaelAnissimov 24 November 2013 11:14:16PM *  6 points [-]

Does no official response from Hacker News, which also received the damning accusation that neoreactionaries "crop up" there, imply consent and agreement from Y Combinator?

Comment author: gwern 25 November 2013 12:24:54AM 6 points [-]

Given the things PG has said at times, I'm not sure that is a wrong interpretation of matters. Modus ponens, tollens...

Comment author: MichaelAnissimov 25 November 2013 12:31:51AM *  8 points [-]

There's a difference between "neoreactionary" and "expresses skepticism against Progressive Orthodoxy". Paul Graham might be guilty of the latter, but there's certainly little evidence to judge him guilty of the former.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 November 2013 05:36:50PM 5 points [-]

There's a difference between "neoreactionary" and "expresses skepticism against Progressive Orthodoxy".

Are you and Konkvistador using the word with different meanings, the former narrower and the latter broader? or am I missing something? or...

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