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PhasmaFelis
on Jan 7, 2016
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"True contrarian" is just a politer name for troll, though. If you say unpopular things solely because they're unpopular, we have a word for that.
drumdance
on Jan 7, 2016
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I don't think he does them just to be unpopular. He's just conducting thought experiments. He does like to tease his audience but so does Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution.
PhasmaFelis
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If he's not trying to piss people off, he sure does gloat a lot about how much he loves pissing people off.
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