Post #164397

2026-01-28 19:44 UTC

But it's all right! Peter Thiel has a "riff" which makes him feel better. > because I you know I always I always have this riff where you know when you have uh when people use I'm in favor of #science but I'm skeptical when people use the word science. So social science, political science, climate science are called science, but people have an inferiority complex and said deep down no, they're not really rigorous scientific fields. And uh and something like this was true of computer science in the original day. "People", according to Peter Thiel, know that social science and political science etc. are fake science. You know, *people*. Those folks over there. (cont'd)

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@alyx_woodward@universeodon.com 2026-01-28 19:47

But this guy's not a serious thinker, and his host Jordan B. Peterson is not a serious thinker, so he can simply let his assertions dangle and flap about. Peterson's on his side and isn't going to challenge or call out Thiel's shoddy rhetoric. They're just *burbling*. These are people whose idea of "smart" means making smart-sounding noises at dinner. Peterson in particular barely needs to try any more! He dresses up like the Riddler and says weird things for attention—he hasn't had to *make sense* in a long long time. (cont'd)

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