I am not particularly intelligent man. If I ever seem to be saying true and important things that almost no one else is saying, it's not because I'm unusually insightful, but because I'm unusually bad at keeping secrets. There are ... _operators_ among us, [savvy](https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/23/kolmogorov-complicity-and-the-parable-of-lightning/) Straussian motherfuckers who know and see everything I can, and more—but who think [it doesn't matter](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NG4XQEL5PTyguDMff/but-it-doesn-t-matter) that [not everybody knows](https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2019/07/02/everybody-knows/).
And I guess ... I think it matters? [One of the evilest reactionary bloggers mentioned the difference](https://blog.jim.com/economics/draining-the-swamp-2/) between a state religion that requires you to believe in the unseen, and one that requires you to disbelieve in what is seen. My thesis is that a state religion that requires you to fluidly doublethink around the implications of "Some women have penises", will also falter over something even the Straussians have [to protect](/2019/Jul/the-source-of-our-power/). But I can't prove it.
I am not particularly intelligent man. If I ever seem to be saying true and important things that almost no one else is saying, it's not because I'm unusually insightful, but because I'm unusually bad at keeping secrets. There are ... _operators_ among us, [savvy](https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/23/kolmogorov-complicity-and-the-parable-of-lightning/) Straussian motherfuckers who know and see everything I can, and more—but who think [it doesn't matter](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NG4XQEL5PTyguDMff/but-it-doesn-t-matter) that [not everybody knows](https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2019/07/02/everybody-knows/).
And I guess ... I think it matters? [One of the evilest reactionary bloggers mentioned the difference](https://blog.jim.com/economics/draining-the-swamp-2/) between a state religion that requires you to believe in the unseen, and one that requires you to disbelieve in what is seen. My thesis is that a state religion that requires you to fluidly doublethink around the implications of "Some women have penises", will also falter over something even the Straussians have [to protect](/2019/Jul/the-source-of-our-power/). But I can't prove it.