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by istinetz 1524 days ago
I read the entire rationalwiki page on him, and followed the links to the primary sources, and I learned the following:

a) whoever wrote the wiki really doesn't like him. A lot of the claims about him are a stretch.

b) he does make some good points

2 comments

1) Ad hominem; even if it were an accurate claim, it would also be an irrelevant one.

2) You're broadly dismissing factual statements as "claims" with no supporting evidence. Given the statements on RW are backed extensively by citations, please support "a lot of claims about him are a stretch" with citations of your own.

3) I take it your "hypothetical" example about race and intelligence isn't actually hypothetical but something you actually believe?

You know what, this has rapidly degraded, so I'm gonna peace out. Tell your friends about the crazy evil racist you dunked on online.
Emil Kirkegaard tried to sue one of the writers of that article, lost the libel suit and got himself nearly £40,000 in debt. He's now being counter-sued: https://oliveratlantis.com/emil-kirkegaard/