The Kolmogorov option
Let&#x27;s say this is about the Google memo. And let&#x27;s say, for the sake of argument, you&#x27;re a person who thinks Damore had some good points and some bad points but you think the hysterically censorious response to him was way over the line. But you don&#x27;t want to become a pariah yourself, so you stay quiet about it. The argument Damore was making was fiddly, kind of subtle and takes a long time to explain, it&#x27;s not worth the trouble you&#x27;re going to get into. You take the Kolmogorov option and decide to wait out this insane time period.<p>Only it turns out, when you don&#x27;t decide to argue for that subtle and qualified defense of Damore, a bunch of alt-right internet trolls make some terrible fallacious defenses of things he didn&#x27;t say. Suddenly, the original censorious instincts seem much more righteous and justified. After all, &quot;Now there are only full-throated red-pillers arguing in Damore&#x27;s defense! We were right all along!&quot;<p>Now there are two sides to this issue, and they&#x27;re both identity politics and brain-dead shouting. Because no one stopped and offered a third option: actually discussing his argument, acknowledging where he was right, and discussing what he got wrong.