A new genre of explicit nerd bashing seems to have emerged from the reactionary left. This piece follows the standard formula. It&#x27;s quite pretentious and shallow.<p>The article came across as mocking a dead woman. I&#x27;ve never viewed Alcor as anything more than an eccentric form of burial, but what&#x27;s wrong with that? If I wanted to be mummified precisely like an ancient Egyptian, that&#x27;s my choice. If I want my head frozen, that&#x27;s my choice.<p>I&#x27;ve read good things on The Baffler, but this was grating. I call it&#x27;s school the &quot;reactionary left&quot; because works in the genre never propose solutions. They only whine and moan.