ClaimsPeter Thiel

“Because humanity would not exist without imitation, one cannot say that there is something wrong with imitation per se”

Peter Thiel 2007 The Straussian Moment (gwern.net (PDF))

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Because humanity would not exist without imitation, one cannot say that there is something wrong with imitation per se

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Peter Thiel, “Because humanity would not exist without imitation, one cannot say that there is something wrong with imitation per se” (said 2007). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_237ac16d6105, method 0.1.0+3e03e2df, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_237ac16d6105

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