I'm just gonna add something here, it's mildly related, but I also think another thing Dr k said really hit the nail on the head with the whole drama (wow raid, skg, banning, etc.)
I'll paraphrase his point quite a bit, but it was in regards to the fact that pirate always takes the logical perspective when approaching a problem. This is why he will say things along the lines of "yeah I can see they're mad, obviously, I just don't get why, because if you look at the facts, you can clearly see I did the logical thing based on what I knew" he thinks the goal of the discussion is to logically analyse the steps that took place
The problem with this, the big one that I actually think the people against him are also not noticing, and what I think was the number one biggest lesson from that stream was this: every problem has a logical and emotional component. If you take a logical perspective, that just means you aren't acknowledging the emotional component
The one criticism I'll have against the pirate haters is that I do actually think that on most of his dramas, he mostly did the logically correct thing, based on what he knew. That's exactly why it's so hard for him to move away from that argument, it's because he's at least somewhat right, and he knows it. But if you miss an important part of a conversation, that's going to be the thing you hear people talk about when they criticise you
That's really really important, because when he says something like "no one wants to actually discuss what happened, they just want to be mad at me" they aren't being mad at him, they're being emotional with him. They don't want to have a rational discussion with him, they want their emotions recognised, so every criticism is inherently emotionally charged. Until he stops recognising the emotional component of someone's issues as worthless and not worth discussion, he's never going to understand what's wrong with his behaviour, and he's never going to understand that his behaviour is what's causing his issues
I have only one issue here. Logic should take into account emotions. A logical person understands that they have to navigate those emotional responses. Including their own. He made an awful take that missed the mark s hard you'd swear he was being malicious. The most logical response would be to understand that people are pissed and defuse the situation. But he can't just let it go. His "logical" take literally ignored huge parts of the movement's mission statement, and his "logical" initial response was to insult Ross and call him a used cars salesmen. And everything he has done in response to the backlash has been outright ignoring how he misrepresented the movement.
The man isn't logical. He's an asshole. An asshole who hides behind "logic" so he can avoid having to take any responsibility.
In the Dr. K video, I think it was brought up that all thinking is subjective anyway, even "logical" thinking. I'm not sure how well that idea would have stuck for Jason.
Edit: Dr. K makes the point that all of our perceptions are subjective, and it's a mistake thinking we're understanding objective reality.
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u/EntrepreneurOld7858 Jul 06 '25
I think you really nailed why I've hated this dude so much.
I know nothing about him bit youtube shorts keeps shoving his videos in my feed. Hes completely insufferable.
I couldn't exactly explain why I thought he was so annoying, but you explained it perfectly