Re:Lex Fridman Podcast #309 – John Carmack
by yarg on Thursday August 04, 2022 @05:51PM
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Joe has this whole meat-head misunderstanding the world thing, it's actually a very useful prompting mechanism for insights from his guests.
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Re:Lex Fridman Podcast #309 – John Carmack
by ShamelessC on Thursday August 04, 2022 @11:46PM
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This sort of appeal-to-the-commoner approach has been used for decades by news anchors.
But that's not generally what news anchors do - frequently they go in with a pre-established narrative; and whether or not they are agreeable or combative will depend upon that narrative.
Joe pokes the bear with his genuine (yet curious) ignorance, and listens to some very smart people with a child like wonder as they respond.
Sometimes he's like that. Other times with ivermectin etc. he slips back into this mode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__CvmS6uw7E
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