r/neoliberal • u/ghhewh Anne Applebaum • Aug 11 '24

Richard Dawkins lied about the Algerian boxer, then lied about Facebook censoring him Opinion article (non-US)

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/richard-dawkins-lied-about-the-algerian
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u/andrei_androfski Milton Friedman Aug 11 '24

He’s funny sometimes but he’s always been insufferable. Major case of someone who is very smart at one thing and assuming they’re a genius at everything else as well.

See Noam Chomsky, generally.

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u/tippytoppy93 Aug 11 '24

And Jordan Peterson. Decent knowledge of Psychology, especially Jungian, but EXTREMELY terrible at almost everything else he talks about.

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u/VentureIndustries NASA Aug 11 '24

I can't stand the self-appointed "guru" role he has become, but I remember being very impressed with his lecture from years back about how modern societies fail those with lower intelligences.

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u/do-wr-mem Frédéric Bastiat Aug 12 '24

I thought they were unterlobsters taking their place in the crustacean hierarchy