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Shaq believes the world is flat[0], I would still take his advice on how to play basketball. I think its necessary to compartmentalize peoples believes away from advice in the area there experts in. This only goes so far, if Richard Spencer wanted to teach me how to hit a hole in one in golf I'm good, he is a bad person and those views are too abhorrent to consider his other opinions.

[0] http://sports.yahoo.com/news/so-apparently-shaquille-oneal-i...

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> he is a bad person those views are too abhorrent to consider his other opinions

Provided someone is well grounded in their our own core values, there should be no danger in simply listening to a person like Richard Spencer. I went out of my way to check him out after hearing about all the hate he was getting. While I disagree vehemently on the white nationalist stuff, I found he had a very refreshing take on a number of other topics. I wouldn't call him a 'bad' person either. Misguided, yes. The sort of misguided that, I suspect, comes from not exposing himself enough to the 'other'.

Really? I think he knows exactly what he's doing. He realized he could make a name (in infamy) for himself by co-opting the abomination that is the alt-right. And no, I don't really give a sh*t if he actually believes what he preaches. The damage is the same nonetheless.

True. Naval himself contradicted this towards the end of this podcast though, when he takes an example of a person who said a lot of interesting things, and then said that thermodynamics is not true, and then Naval says he has to discard everything this person said.

Shaq is one of maybe two people ever wbo could play badketball at a high level in his style. I would love to see him and wilt go head to head.

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