Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?
by exolymph on Monday October 24, 2016 @02:35PM
(#12781500)
"I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup" is one of the greatest pieces of political writing ever. http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything...
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?
by eseehausen on Monday October 24, 2016 @11:23PM
(#12785037)
It's interesting how much this reads like footnotes to Derrida , especially in the beginning (other cliffnotes here: http://www.iep.utm.edu/derrida/#SH7c or http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ce/s6403/jacques_derrida.pdf if you feel like reading the original). It's nice to see ideas move from so theoretical that LW and associated communities would likely dismiss to digestible forms like this. It gives me hope for communication amongst outgroups that are pretty virulently opposed to each other (Continental theorists and let's say the vanguard of popular "rationalism"), mostly due to their proximity.
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?
by alanh on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @02:21AM
(#12785731)
I don't seem to have enough context to follow the point you are making. What are continental theorists? In what way are they apposed to the Less Wrong crowd?
Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole?
by eseehausen on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:19PM
(#12789745)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_philosophy
For the reasons for the opposition, it's difficult to point to any article that doesn't almost willfully misunderstand the other side. I haven't listened to this episode, but In Our Time is usually good about bringing in experts from both sides to discuss issues: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/bridging-the...
You can probably substitute "The Less Wrong crowd" for "analytical philosophers", as they're sort of the hobbyist or non-institutionalized version of the latter. You could also just try reading the Derrida article I linked to see why people with a rationalist bent have historically recoiled from his writings.