His shader stuff and graphics programming articles are neat. But yeah his other stuff is... misguided, at best (and I think he's amazingly wrong in his latest article). I just don't read those ones.
Hmmm, well, his very first post ("Who Doesn't Go Nazi?") is about being an anti-vaxxer, saying how anti-vaxxers would resist becoming Nazis, and comparing anti-vaxxers to the Jews, which already has me questioning his critical thinking skills.
I looked at a couple of his other articles, and despite being a good writer, there's some subtle, and not-so-subtle, points he misses. E.g., in "Storms and Teacups", he thinks that Jezebel celebrating women's "equality and self-determination" means they are hypocritical to criticize Michelle Williams for dressing up as a Native American, and the fashion industry because they "didn't objectify a woman in a tasteful enough fashion".
This shows he doesn't understand that 1) "equality and self-empowerment" are not to come at others' expense, an unstated, but real, caveat, he seems to have missed, and 2) criticism of an industry doesn't have to involve every possible complaint all the time. That's just editorial focus.
Ironically, towards the end of the article, he says "We don't want to talk about the full complexity at play here", while parroting standard responses. I'm 99% sure he spends his time digging up things that confirm his viewpoint, locating the 1% of outliers that support him, and no time engaging with the scholarship of the majority of the other side. It's like trying to talk about racism using only Candace Owens' talking points.
I don't know how you can say this with any intellectual integrity. I suspect you either didn't read the Storms and Teacups article, or you skimmed it and recoiled at every word, refusing to consider any of his arguments in any capacity.
> It's like trying to talk about racism using only Candace Owens' talking points.
Are you so sure you aren't guilty of this yourself? How much Thomas Sowell or John McWhorter have you read?
If you find his latest article objectionable — even though his words are completely in line with the perspective held by non-crank doctors[0] — then you’re probably the kind of person for whom it would benefit the most.
Try to instead give it five minutes[1], digest and understand the content, and rise above the faith-based scientism that is the likely cause for increased anti-vaccination sentiment.
Fairly bold of you to assume I didn't read the article, but anyway:
I've given five minutes to the thought that being an anti-vaxxer in the middle of a pandemic when vaccines are provided to you for free and at the point that only very long term effects can be a concern is comparable to being a jew in nazi Germany, and I still think it is atrocious, sorry.
But I mean, there's only so much you can talk about when "faith-based scientism" is used for vaccines.
Obvious example: https://acko.net/