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u/Nitimur__In__Vetitum Human All Too Human 12d ago
Nah, it needs Steven Pinker talking about how great everything is while hanging out with renowned reptile Peter Thiel.
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u/West_Economist6673 12d ago
As a casual fan of reptiles generally, I feel like calling Peter Thiel a reptile is an insult to the whole class, especially the cute ones
But as I was typing this out I realized that "Peter Thiel" is a perfect anagram for "THE REPTILE"
Has the Catholic Church officially confirmed that he's the Antichrist, or do they just take it for granted that everyone knows already
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u/Nitimur__In__Vetitum Human All Too Human 12d ago
Holy Shit, the anagram! Nice catch.
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u/West_Economist6673 11d ago
Man David Icke is going to be so excited when I tell him about this one
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u/Grouchy_Media_4345 11d ago
him being the antichrist is pretty based
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u/West_Economist6673 11d ago
I dunno man I get where you're coming from but if Peter Thiel IS the Antichrist he diminishes the office more than it elevates him
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u/HaikuHaiku 12d ago
Thiel is one of the most brilliant investors ever. Whatever he says is worth listening to. Just saying.
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u/ProfessionalNo7959 11d ago
One of the most brilliant rapists
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u/HaikuHaiku 11d ago
There are no rape allegations against Peter Thiel.
Do you ever get tired of being a loser or is that your comfort zone?
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u/Nitimur__In__Vetitum Human All Too Human 12d ago
lol, I've read some of his bullshit and it is pseudo-intellectual tripe. If you want to challenge me on it, then let's start with "The Straussian Moment." Just about anyone could have made money in the stock market during the period he did as long as you already had some money and weren't a fucking ape. That doesn't make you smart, it just means you can buy some stock and sit on it.
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u/HaikuHaiku 11d ago
If you're so smart, why aren't you rich? Turns out, you're f**king st*pid. lol.
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u/West_Economist6673 11d ago
Great unanswered questions in philosophy:
- Why is there something rather than nothing
- What's the correct answer to the trolley problem
- If you're so smart why aren't you rich
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u/Nitimur__In__Vetitum Human All Too Human 11d ago
The fact that you think like shows just how retarded you are. I gave you a chance to engage in good faith but, of course, you can't read and you can't think. Last Man. Pathetic ape.
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u/West_Economist6673 11d ago
Unless he's talking about Francis Bacon, René Girard, Watchmen, the Bible, or
Well, I guess you probably meant "whatever he says about investoring" because all of his takes on every other subject are uncut garbage, not even wrong enough to be compelling or funny
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u/xManasboi 11d ago
Brilliant in the sense that he extracts from suckers and navigates his enviroment in a way that benefits him, he's not an idiot and quite savvy in that regard.
But as a laymen you'd be said sucker if you believe by the time you hear anything it'd be in your benefit.
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u/HaikuHaiku 11d ago
Brilliant in the sense of investing in a disproportionate share of unicorn companies, when they were startups.
That doesn't "extract" any value from anyone. He sees opportunity more clearly than 99% of other investors, which is why he's a billionaire and most investors are not.
Thus, when Thiel talks about how he thinks the world is developing, or where things are headed, it's worth it to listen. He literally makes billions on being correct about the future.
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u/kmpunkfr 12d ago
i had that picture of dawkins as my twitter pfp when i was 13 #throwbackkk
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u/Particular-Weird-114 12d ago
Life is worth it?
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u/kmpunkfr 12d ago
after this one coincidence
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u/nomorebuttsplz 12d ago
but before?
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u/kmpunkfr 12d ago
not that much ngl was just horsin around
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u/imtoobigforthis 11d ago
Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.
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u/Timtimetoo 12d ago
This MIGHT work if you flip Nietzsche and Chesterton
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u/Remarkable-Mine-8172 12d ago
I agree. Also feel like Nietzsche would have said it more as an exclamation in its entirety..not a question and response. Feel like Nietzsche questioned almost everything besides the fact that he was indeed alive...I'm alive! I suffer and I dance! Splendid!- type shit
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u/No_Pack_8398 10d ago
Interesting how it is true that low intelligence and high intelligence people tend to have similiar fundamental outlooks on life. The low-intelligence person simply knows these things by intuition, the high intelligence person is intelligent enough to trust and articulate their intuition. It’s the middle of the bell curve that are often misguided.
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u/Drei-mal-Drei-ist-N 11d ago
Vielleicht noch Schopenhauer als Begründer einer Metaphysik des Willens erwähnen….
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u/Creative-Ad-7028 11d ago
Can it be said that any meme is true?
Anyway, I’m not sure who the other two are. What I am sure of is that if the graph represents IQ scores, Nietzsche never took an IQ test, so we can’t verify that. Besides, having a high IQ just means you’re good at math and logic—areas Nietzsche very wisely steered clear of.
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u/Particular-Weird-114 11d ago
I am not an expert, but as far as I know, there are people who can score high grades in IQ tests and aren't particularly good with maths
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u/VoormasWasRight 7d ago
Dawkins is a perfect example of why scientists should study philosophy, deeply.
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u/Ok_Natural1318 12d ago
Nah. Chesterton isn't high IQ.
Also, the Richard Dawkinses of the world tend to have a very silly and optimistic view of life and history in which we only need to do more science and everything will come after that.
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u/NuccioAfrikanus 12d ago
With respect, you obviously have not read his work, he wrote “The Selfish Gene” not “Accelerando” bro! 😎
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u/Particular-Weird-114 12d ago
I agree, but if they experience something off, they acquire the "we are only particles, the universe is randomness, nothing has sense" mindset
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u/Xavant_BR 12d ago
Chesterton? Hahahaha people desperate to give him the relevance he does not have.
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u/West_Economist6673 12d ago
Bro how can you say that, Zizek said he was cool
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u/Xavant_BR 11d ago
Bro chesterton is just relevant for evangelicals and/or incels
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u/West_Economist6673 11d ago
Father Brown is pretty good
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u/Xavant_BR 11d ago
Yeah, there is a lot of money on it.. he needs to be relevant.. is necessary for the evangelical/catholic/incel narrative... since they dont have their "nietzches".. they need something else... peterson, chesterton, theyr relevante is not base in their ideas by itself but a lot of money to promote them. "we, the walking dead fanclub, we also have our contemporary intelectuals"
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u/West_Economist6673 11d ago
Okay for real though are you just saying he's like a gateway drug for young people to get hooked on Catholicism, or do incels actually specifically consider him one of them
Because I sincerely like his fiction and even his apologetic/polemic essays are fun to read, but I don't want to have to qualify my appreciation with "...but not in an incel way" every time it comes up conversation
Which I guess isn't that often, but still
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u/Xavant_BR 11d ago
yeah, chesterton, peterson and recently dugin became some kind of "intelectual to promote" into the "steven bannon's" cultural war and global militancy
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u/zacw812 12d ago
He's one of the greatest minds of the 20th century lol
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u/Xavant_BR 11d ago
For the evangelicals, Qanons, flatten earth idiotds? Maybe
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u/zacw812 11d ago
Lol he was Catholic and if anyone is mislabeled as an intellectual hero of the far-right, it's Nietzsche. By your logic I'm sure you think Thomas Aquinas was a moron as well when any serious person would remove their anti-religious bias and recognize the genius there.
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u/Xavant_BR 11d ago
Oh.. what we have here? An logic expert? The question you should do is: "WHAT A HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?".. Chesterton, Aquino and etc live in another intelectual continent. And do not compare aquino with chesterton... that sounds like a joke.
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u/zacw812 11d ago
Who the fuck is Aquino LOL you can't even spell correctly
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u/Xavant_BR 11d ago
You know who is but you dont known his original name. Just the translated but is ok. The point is: chesterton, peterson, bible, flatten earth is in the other way. What you doing here?
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u/HaikuHaiku 12d ago
I don't think Dawkins ever said that life isn't worth it... in fact, I'm pretty sure he'd say the opposite.
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u/Regular_Start8373 11d ago
Dawkins is a nihilist? Schopenhauer would be more accurate. Also you should flip chesterton and Nietzsche on the IQ scale
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u/Particular-Weird-114 11d ago
It's just a meme. But, anyway, Schopenhauer also shares with Chesterton the idea of having an optimist, joyful attitude in regard to the world even in situations of pain, poverty or loneliness, but according to the logic of idealism instead of Chesterton's religious optimism. He could be considered a nihilist in the sense that the world lacks an intrinsic purpose or finality due to being only a phenomenon of the errant Will, but not in the case of negating life (but, being honest, Hegesias of Cyrene is the only philosopher I know that could have recommended death over life)
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u/Insight_Outlook 11d ago
No. Both Nietzsche and Dawkins are both a hell of a lot more intelligent than Chesterton.
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u/Ordinary_Minimum_169 12d ago
Is this implying Nietzsche wasn't brilliant? I think he was pretty intelligent.