alt Hacker NewsCouldn't this antichrist stuff be his sane/rational strategy to manipulate the powerful but religious rightwing people under his sway? Is there evidence to assume he himself is on the verge of some kind of psychosis and not fully in control of his faculties?
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My guess is it's just his megalomania playing out in a religious arena instead of a political or economic one.
I've listened to him and other people like him a lot, and my conclusion is that their brains are truly fried. I don't believe they are playing roles.
I'm not sure battling the Vatican over interpretations of an obscure philosopher who mentored him back when he was an undergrad is the easiest way of winning over the religious right. Most of whom will happily go along with generic arguments about Peter Thiel's portfolio being essential to defeat Communist China and the woke libs. Treating Eliezer Yudkowsky as an irrelevant nutter probably works better on people with all kinds of views on religion and politics than attempting to elevate him to the status of antichrist
Its possibly just an SEO trick. People have been calling Thiel the antichrist for a long time.