Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Style over substance?

I stopped watching Philosophy Tube videos when I began to find them a little annoying. Maybe it's because there is a little too much self satisfaction in Abigail Thorne's content which, as she clearly invites comparison with Contrapoints, seems to be noticeably absent from the latter's more acerbic and ironic style. Yes, Natalie was there first and the copying made me think that Philosophy Tube was starting to become more style over substance and thus increasingly distracting.

Abigail's Thorne recent pronouncements on gender dysphoria didn't help win me over either.

Oh well.





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