>You should write an essay substantiating your claims.

What claims? Why is such a basic deflection on this site so readily accepted by supposedly intelligent and inquisitive people? This type of discourse and rhetoric is pretty shameful and embarrassing.

What claims do I have that I need to support?

It's called "Newton's flaming laser sword" [0]. You should try harder to support the claims of others on this site; it's in the rules [1].

Here's some classic critique of PG's buffoonery [2]. It's simple: When anybody puts words to the page, they are trying to tell you something. All PG seems to be trying to communicate is how deep and thoughtful he is; I certainly don't feel like I'm drawing any other lessons from his writing, and it seems like I'm not alone.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Alder#Newton's_flaming_la...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[2] https://idlewords.com/2005/04/dabblers_and_blowhards.htm