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Rob Franks

I feel like narcissism and pseudo-profound bullshit bleed together a bit, but I only say that because you’ve asked for criticism.

Alessio Zakaria

Maybe the pretense of respectability then!😅 I wanted to put moral bankruptcy but that felt too inflammatory

Christopher Kavanagh

Yes, the non-expertise bit is definitely a component. Listening to Eric W. wax lyrical about Lion Mane mushroom extract is different than Douglas Murray putting out his anti-immigration book. Though I feel somewhat dirty in labelling that as Murray's area of expertise!

Alessio Zakaria

Something like actual cults do with "spiritual/philosophical enlightenment in daily pills/mantras!"

Alessio Zakaria

I feel like the shilling supplements point Chris was trying to get across in the discussion was that they are selling things unrelated to their area of expertise. Like using their guruness to profiteer in unrelated ways re: why Douglas Murray can sell books and JP Sears profiting off supplements is wrong. I think this view gives Jordy P his middling position as he's like somewhat qualified to write a business course but it's definitely out the wheelhouse of his research (I can't believe I'm taking this seriously lol)

Lucy Greeves

Hypnobabble

Thomas Swords

As someone who still likes Russell Brand, though he also drives me nuts at times, I recognize that his unique verbal abilities and style are a huge part of the draw for me. He is a performer by trade, so I suppose this shouldn’t be surprising.

Christopher Kavanagh

Oh that’s a good one! Yeah they do want to be recognised as modern day soothsayers.

Nina Davies

Guruese? Guru tics?

Nina Davies

They all seem to want to predict the future and find ways in which they have predicted the future - does that that fit into the Galaxy Brain? And how do they understand predictive power if they are atheists? As a sign of greater intellect or of divinity?

Becca Thomas

Maybe make item 7 more broadly about presentation? As well as Eric's pseudo-profound bullshit, there's also e.g. Russell Brand's hypnotic/poetic delivery or *that* chuckle. Anything that might make the listener suspend their critical faculties because they're sucked into how the ideas are presented. Not sure of a good name – rhetorical obfuscation? Bit clunky. GuruSpeak? Or someone tweeted you using wormtongue for Scott Adams, which might be (no pun intended) more flexible…