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Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 25 August 2016 09:42:43PM 1 point [-]

I don't think any of the thought leaders of either group were significantly influential to the other.

Yvain did say that he was influenced by Moldbug.

Comment author: philh 26 August 2016 11:51:54AM 3 points [-]

I feel it's important to note that he was talking about writing styles, not philosophy.

Comment author: ChristianKl 27 August 2016 08:45:17PM 0 points [-]

I feel it's important to note that he was talking about writing styles, not philosophy.

Do you think how one reasons in writing about a subject has nothing todo with philosophy?

Comment author: Baughn 28 August 2016 02:08:01PM 0 points [-]

When it comes to writing styles? Absolutely. There's a ton of skills involved, and deciding exactly which thoughts you want to convey is only a small part of it.

Comment author: philh 30 August 2016 09:12:32AM -1 points [-]

I don't think I need to make a claim that strong.

I think that "Yvain's writing style was significantly influenced by Moldbug" is an importantly different claim to "Yvain's philosophy was significantly influenced by Moldbug"; the second claim is the one under discussion; and if someone wants to turn the first into the second, the burden of proof is on them.

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