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Re:Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity by jessaustin on Thursday August 10, 2017 @09:00AM (#14979150)
Let's just say I've considered the works of a lot cranks and crackpots, over the years...

Is that like, a hobby? And by "considered", do you mean you read them, or skimmed them, or just heard about them from uptight censorious authoritarians on the internet?

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Re:Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity by kafkaesq on Thursday August 10, 2017 @03:00PM (#14982954)
Is that like, a hobby?

Actually it was, for a while. And I actually did read a lot of these works; and considered their points, very carefully; and debated them with their adherents, very patiently and thoughtfully.

Until I figured out what general superstructure of thought patterns was behind their arguments (which mostly boil down to: cherry picking; what-about-ism; and "authority, authority authority") -- and moved on other things.

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