Re: Where are the Goalposts?
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2026 4:27 pm
Fascinating to see Vox Day's neologism midwit continues to spread.
Here's Vox Day on the Holocaust, for context of where we get this new paradigmatic word.
His most recent book explores innumeracy of biologists in the context of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
You can just imagine academics sitting in their offices drinking coffee together and decrying the midwittery of "Extreme Right Wing Holocaust Deniers" using a term coined by an "Extreme Right Wing Holocaust Denier," setting a trap for themselves to be investigated for "Extreme Right Wing Affinities" if their universities ever become aware they are insulting the intelligence of people using a term that originated from an "Extreme Right Wing Holocaust Denier."
I guess some people would steelman an argument that these academics were simply "easily duped" into using a term coined by an "Extreme Right Wing Holocaust Denier" because they are "frankly idiots," but that doesn't instill confidence. And I wouldn't say that.
Here's Vox Day on the Holocaust, for context of where we get this new paradigmatic word.
Obviously a bit reductive and lacking a definition of "Holocaust."The Holocaust never happened: a logical proof
Being a superintelligence and the bestselling political philosopher on the planet, it is child’s play to logically prove that the Holocaust never happened.QED. (drops mic)
- Science is the sole legitimate arbiter of truth.
- Science cannot prove the Holocaust happened.
- That which cannot be proved by science does not, and did not, exist.
- Therefore, the Holocaust never happened.
His most recent book explores innumeracy of biologists in the context of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
You can just imagine academics sitting in their offices drinking coffee together and decrying the midwittery of "Extreme Right Wing Holocaust Deniers" using a term coined by an "Extreme Right Wing Holocaust Denier," setting a trap for themselves to be investigated for "Extreme Right Wing Affinities" if their universities ever become aware they are insulting the intelligence of people using a term that originated from an "Extreme Right Wing Holocaust Denier."
I guess some people would steelman an argument that these academics were simply "easily duped" into using a term coined by an "Extreme Right Wing Holocaust Denier" because they are "frankly idiots," but that doesn't instill confidence. And I wouldn't say that.