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{{quote|People of conscience will need to be extremely vigilant against motte-and-bailey tactics—wherein society’s opinion-makers will express their desire for all “incels” to be silenced or fired or removed from the gene pool or whatever, obviously having in mind all romantically frustrated male nerds (all of whom they despise), and will fall back when challenged (and only when challenged) on the defense that they only meant the violence-loving misogynists.}} | {{quote|People of conscience will need to be extremely vigilant against motte-and-bailey tactics—wherein society’s opinion-makers will express their desire for all “incels” to be silenced or fired or removed from the gene pool or whatever, obviously having in mind all romantically frustrated male nerds (all of whom they despise), and will fall back when challenged (and only when challenged) on the defense that they only meant the violence-loving misogynists.}} | ||
=== | === [[Evolutionary mismatch]]es as cause of inceldom === | ||
{{quote|As well it might—for in some sense, there was nothing “wrong” with me. In a different social context—for example, that of my great-grandparents in the shtetl—I would have gotten married at an early age and been completely fine.}} | {{quote|As well it might—for in some sense, there was nothing “wrong” with me. In a different social context—for example, that of my great-grandparents in the shtetl—I would have gotten married at an early age and been completely fine.}} | ||
This reveals the meaning of the name of his blog "Shtetl-Optimized".<ref>https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2091#comment-326664</ref> | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://scottaaronson.com/ Scott Aaronson's homepage] | * [http://scottaaronson.com/ Scott Aaronson's homepage] | ||