gnabgib
a year ago
You're editorializing. Tweet text: I'm an atheist, but I've enjoyed many of his religious allegories. So too his various definitions of masculinity. And I find him a far more rigorous thinker than his detractors the vast majority of the time. That he's ALSO entertaining is a cherry on top!
jfengel
a year ago
By "detractors", does he mean "the usual bunch of chumps rushing out hot takes?"
If so, that doesn't seem a fair comparison. He's a supposed intellectual, and highly influential. They are just dipsticks with twitter accounts, about half of whom will have two-digit IQs just by the law of large numbers, possibly with dozens of followers.
If "detractors" are themselves influential public intellectuals, it would be a stronger statement. But it would also require more support than goes into a tweet.
user
a year ago
hshshshsvsv
a year ago
Nice. It's good to have higher IQ individuals like you hanging around in hacker news to teach us what we should listen to.
nwhnwh
a year ago
I am sorry?
gus_massa
a year ago
It's part of the guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
> If the title contains a gratuitous number or number + adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to "How To Do X," and "14 Amazing Ys" to "Ys." Exception: when the number is meaningful, e.g. "The 5 Platonic Solids."
> Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.
nwhnwh
a year ago
Updated. Do you think the current one is ok?