baileyjn8 OP t1_j3w2eey wrote on January 11, 2023 at 1:44 PM

Reply to comment by ThoughtfulPoster in The Effect of Philosophical Libertarianism on Popular Media as Portrayed by Comic Book Villains by baileyjn8

First, I’m not insulted. I do not consider myself great, but I’ll say that 99% of the population thinks the Bible is crap that they don’t understand, so I’ve been aware for a while most people aren’t going to get me. I’ve found my biggest sin is expecting people to read at all. Anymore, if it ain’t on TikTok, it ain’t going viral.

Second, reasonable consumers of philosophy were only part of the intended audience. Concerned parents, superhero fans, movie critics, lay religious people, lots of folks. Actually, I wrote it kinda hoping it would be read by some producers at Warner Media and originally posted it on Superhero boards. It didn’t take root as well as it did here.

It’s also a part of a larger continuity of blog posts on my blog that are heavily theological. Basically defining why Satan hates God so much: he is a libertarian who thinks nothing determines the universe.

So as I said, what to you is filler is someone else’s insight.

ThoughtfulPoster t1_j3w3gxg wrote on January 11, 2023 at 1:52 PM

Okay. That's fair. I will say that many of the other categories you lost will be predominated by people unwilling to scan through that much nuance. This is a dilemma I know well: I write curricula for proof-based math modules, and the balance between showing enough steps not to lose anyone and not so many that even otherwise enthusiastic students feel their eyes glaze over is a difficult optimization problem. I only meant that I might have struck a different point on that spectrum in service of that balance.

baileyjn8 OP t1_j3w49kl wrote on January 11, 2023 at 1:58 PM

I get that. Also, I’m not a math guy. I’m an author. I’m sure my clever alliteration of the cafes of carracas and Boulevards of Bangkok was one of your wastes of space.