Comment by rolymath

6 days ago

> Listen to... Lex

People can do that? I always assumed Lex was a CIA psyop to experiment with the ability to make people sleep on demand.

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beernet  6 days ago

While that might take it a little too far, Lex surely is a dangerous individual. On various occasions did he sympathize with the war and terror that Russia is doing in Ukraine. I do not click on any of his content because I will not support these (and a few other questionable, to say the least) views of his. Also his image of an MIT researcher is hilarious.

  • parineum  5 days ago

    > On various occasions did he sympathize with the war and terror that Russia is doing in Ukraine.

    I'm not a devotee of his but I've listened to a few of his podcasts when I like the guest. I have an idea of how someone would come away with your impression given lex's interview style but I'd be pretty surprised if anything he said would, to me, fit your impression.

    That said, I'd like an example if you have something specific to point to that might change my mind or if it's just a general takeaway you've gotten from a corpus of interviews on the topic (which would be totally valid but wouldn't change my mind).

    • beernet  5 days ago

      > That said, I'd like an example if you have something specific to point to that might change my mind

      This guy wanted Putin on his podcast to hear his side of the story (let that sink in) and spoke Russian to Zelensky. Willingly wanting to provide a platform for a mass murderer who is best known for large-scale social media propaganda.

      This is not an "impression" of his "interview style". This guy implicitly supports terrorist acts.

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  • spacechild1  6 days ago

    Yes. How do so many people fall for this guy? I find him pretty creepy, to be honest.

    • cedws  5 days ago

      Pretty sure he’s a complete fraud too. He associates himself with MIT despite only having had a short stint teaching non-credit classes. One of his papers was apparently so flawed it’s been wiped from existence. Plenty of info online if you want to go down the rabbit hole.

nsvd2  6 days ago

I'm a big fan of his. I particularly enjoy his long technical interviews like the one he did with Peter.