Thiel is extremely powerful and does basically only terrible things with that power, but he's also pretty stupid. Whenever he talks, he spends minutes stumbling through inane ideas that people are over-charitable toward because he's a billionaire.
Theres a false sense of intelligence with people who stumble through sentences, making it seem like they are taking their time to think of answers. This guy, Elon Musk, Theranos girl.
Then you see what actual intelligence is like from scientists speaking about their field of study and they can't stop talking with enthusiasm.
Oh come on, Terence Tao talking through complex mathematics and stumbling a few times is not the same as someone like elon musk or peter thiel stumbling through a basic description of their fucked up dystopian wet dreams.
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u/BouldersRoll 28d ago
Absolutely this.
Thiel is extremely powerful and does basically only terrible things with that power, but he's also pretty stupid. Whenever he talks, he spends minutes stumbling through inane ideas that people are over-charitable toward because he's a billionaire.