Matthew Yglesias: anatomy of an intellectual crackhead
6th December 2007
Our boy Mencius Moldbug has a facility for sarcasm that I find somewhat inspiring. I find the concept of the “Social-Justice Badger” quite intriguing.
An intellectual crackhead is anyone who happens to be engaged in the generation, incubation, or dissemination of intellectual crack. Intellectual crack is any nonsense that is widely and confidently believed by a large population of full-grown adults.
And who could argue with that?