Post #1992878
2026-05-04 19:09 UTC
I've seen Dawkins described as a narcissist. While I don't use the language of disorders, I do see it as true in the sense that he has long been caught in a defensive strategy which involves obsessively affirming his own intelligence and moral goodness, and denying his own fallibility.
AI was like a match to touchpaper. Gas him up a bit, reflect his own language back at him, and he falls in love with his own reflection.
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@Tattie@eldritch.cafe 2026-05-04 19:09
Sometimes we're accused of spending too much time in "echo chambers". But perhaps the opposite is more dangerous— Twitterlike spaces where everything becomes simplistic takes, points scoring, and tribal allegiances. That is to my mind just as, if not more, likely to lead to thought-terminating behaviour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9 (There are plenty of atheist-coded thought-terminating clichés! Can you name some?) 6/