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At the very least, "Stoic physics" should be mentioned in the article in relation to the cosmotheist theology developed by William Luther Pierce as it indeed was one of the sources along with Germanic Romanticism. I would venture to say it was actually plagiarized from Stoic physics / Stoicism theology and renamed.172.58.43.34 (talk)
No sources online for your claim. Therefore, I believe it should be omitted from the article. You need to come up with some sources, preferably third-party (not from Pierce), to demonstrate the veracity of your assertion. Philip Cross (talk) 20:05, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Anti-Defamation League didn't touch on the derivatives of "Cosmotheism" and claimed it wasn't a religion to begin with which I myself believe it is not as well. The ones who do address the actual theology of Cosmotheism are either racist or non-racists who do indeed leave out the Stoic physics behind Pierce's Cosmotheism while asserting Germanic Romanticism was an influence. For all practical purposes, Cosmotheism is a direct rip-off from the theology of Stoicism in practically every way, shape and form. And just because anti-racist watchdogs don't address that doesn't mean it isn't true.172.58.43.34 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:20, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
One: That would constitute as original research. You need actual sources to back this up.
Two: Considering that the whole thing was an obvious tax evasion scheme, does arguing over what it plagiarized have any real merit? 46.97.170.50 (talk) 13:43, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The article states at least twice that Pierce was highly successful academically and that he "skipped" grades. He graduated H.S. spring 1952 (he was born in Sept. 1933), at the age of 18 1/2 (nearly 19), which means that, even without skipping a grade, he would have been one of the oldest in his grade to graduate according to the conventional ages of most high school students. Perhaps he was a "brilliant" student, but this hardly makes him precocious, which the article implies. By contrast, his near-contemporary and ideological/temperametal opposite Philip Roth (who had a few things to say about history, antisemitism, and bigotry, to put it mildly), born March 1933, graduated from Weequahic High School in inner-city Newark, NJ, in 1950, two years before Pierce completed high school and shortly after Roth turned 17, having ACTUALLY skipped a grade during his pre-collegiate years, in spite of being only six months older than Pierce. I would like to know on what basis the article discusses at length Pierce's brilliance and implied academic precocity.Maccb (talk) 23:50, 7 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I zapped the bit about the skipped grade, as I agree the math doesn't add up. The rest of his academic achievements appear to be properly sourced, whatever we may think of his socio-political philosophy, he apparently did manage to earn a doctorate and get hired Los Alamos and Oregon State. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:01, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Beeblebrox@Maccb I removed the bit about being academically successful because it was obviously unnecessary and a bit of gilding the lily. Funny, I turned 17 a month after starting Yale. Doug Wellertalk 15:43, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
His website should be added in the Introduction[edit]
