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

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Comment author: CellBioGuy 12 April 2015 11:58:44PM 18 points [-]

Ooh ooh I have one:

That Thiel's real reason for saying such things is pure self-promotion.

Comment author: pangel 13 April 2015 11:39:17PM *  0 points [-]

Straussian thinking seems like a deep well full of status moves !

  • Level 0 - Laugh at the conspiracy-like idea. Shows you are in the pack.
  • Level 1 - As Strauss does, explain it / present instances of it. Shows you are the guru.
  • Level 2 - Like Thiel, hint at it while playing the Straussian game. Shows you are an initiate.
  • Level 3 - Criticize it for failing too often (bad thinking attractor, ideas that are hard to check and deploy usual rationality tools on). Shows you see through the phyg's distortion field.
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