Rationalist check-list:
- Incorrect use of analogy? Check.
- Pseudoscientific nonsense used to make your point seem more profound? Check.
- Tortured use of probability estimates? Check.
- Over-long description of a point that could just have easily been made in 1 sentence? Check.
This email by SBF is basically one big malapropism.
while you appear to be directionally correct with your observations, are you aware where you’re posting and who this sub is about?
because “just another rich asshole meme” is, unfortunately, not all this is. it might be that as well, but it is also something else.
also, if you didn’t know what this was about, and my comment makes you find out: consadulations and welcome to the club