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evil Dark Enlightenment mathematician Eric Weinstein posted a photo on Twitter of himself and Tom Lehrer, with a blurb about how arranging the photo with his son was a great highlight of his life. I can't find it anymore, he must have taken it down.

edit: found a copy: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DeTFuNkUQAAHIwa?format=jpg

He posts a lot about Tom Lehrer!

https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3A%40ericrweinstein%20lehr...

Here's Tyler Cohen claiming Tom Lehrer would have been a part of the "Intellectual Dark Web" https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/12/to...



eric weinstein is not from the dark enlightenment (the neoreactionaries who want to re-establish monarchy) but the intellectual dark web ('a term used to describe some commentators who oppose identity politics, political correctness, and cancel culture'). i know the culture war can be confusing, and it's hard to keep all the subversive factions straight




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