Comment by heavyset_go
6 years ago
I'd take what Scott Alexander has to say about this with a grain of salt. He is a bit obsessed with people who criticize him on the internet, going as far as to write about his borderline paranoid suspicions behind people making fun of him online in several of his blog posts.
Some people can't handle the judgment that comes with being a somewhat public figure, and Scott is one of them.
> He is a bit obsessed with people who criticize him on the internet…
… is he? I think you've been reading a different blog to me; I have read all of SlateStarCodex. Can you give some examples?
What an utterly bizarre claim.
Absolutely fucking no.
He's most likely aware that he can't handle that level of judgment. Lots of people can't! That's why he's elected not to become a public figure, and why it's so toxic for the NYT to try and make him one against his will.
Exactly this. And the community plays into it. They imagine themselves to be Galileo —- persecuted by the state and society just for telling the truth.