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Thoughts on Alex O'connor (Cosmic Skeptic)? He's the first zoomer following the New Atheism track that I've seen gain traction.

https://www.youtube.com/user/alexjoconnor/videos

>> No.14238148
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>>14238106
zoomers are Catholic

>> No.14238194

>>14238106
Literally just some kid.

>> No.14238201

>>14238194
>20 year old Oxford student
>300K youtube subscribers
>interviews with Dawkins and Singer and more

>> No.14238218

>>14238201
>Interview with Dawkins and Singer
Ooof
Dawkins is a bonehead that can't understand Aquinas and Singer is a cuckold with weak metaethics.

>> No.14238246

>>14238201
He has social capital, so what? What is one thing within intellectualism that can be attributed to him?
>>14238218
And basically this.

>> No.14238248

>>14238106
Seek Christ and Bakunin.

>> No.14238258

>>14238106
I'll never understand the need some people have to make an "identity" or a "belief system" out of atheism.

>> No.14238285

>>14238258
This boggles my mind as well. Especially in this day and age when pearl clutching puritans' power's greatest length is within their own church or the local newspaper. Who gives a fuck and a half. God damn.

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Dropped

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>>14238331
>Tel Aviv

>> No.14238363

>>14238258
>>14238285
Everything is an identity or will soon be fabricated into one. That's how it works today lads, keep up.

>> No.14238646

>>14238106
>atheism
Why waste time thinking about them when they can't think?

>> No.14239024

>>14238106
The skeptic movement is just a meme. No real depth to be found there.

>> No.14239131

>>14238106
He's very manufactured. Rich parents, Oxbridge connections etc. We'll see how long this lasts.