Similarly, you know that "moved some magazines" doesn't accurately portray what this person was sentenced for. It was evidence tampering, and intentionally trying to frame it as "just moved some magazines" is…
I've definitely heard a similar joke about economists. It probably applies to most sciences, tbh
> From above: "Conservatives have been basically purged from academia over the last 30 years" Yet, when you are handed evidence that this is objectively true, you move the goalposts. You're clearly not arguing in good…
No, I called them out on something I thought they were wrong about because they were being super obnoxious in the way they were stating it. Turns out they were right, but instead of losing the attitude, they doubled…
> We'll probably notice the reduction in sulfur pollution more than the reduction in CO2. I feel like I've read something about the effects of reducing sulfur production already:…
But so you have a baseline to compare this against? You don't know what you doing know, after all.
Transparency mode is better, but it isn't perfect. The simple fact that you have something else producing noise in close proximity to your ears is enough to disrupt your ability to hear other things, even if they're…
The thought of intentionally deafening myself to the outside world, even partially, is unnerving, because I can't stand the thought of nerfing my own situational awareness to that degree. Especially in fast-paced…
> Look at how much "trust me, I've got training, I know what's good, I know what's already right" is in their argument. I mean, isn't that what we're supposed to do in science? Listen to the folks who have the…
> At the start of this I said: "I think the surprise is that someone believes its indicative of a giant conspiracy to exile conservative professors." If you agree with this could have saved yourself a lot of trouble.…
Wow, you're pretty obnoxious. Guess you're right, though
I loved this story. I haven't read it in a long time, but I thought that ending was great. Personally, I think he was a bot.
> I think you know perfectly well my meaning in context of the comment thread I was replying to. No, I don't, and smugly insinuating I have some ulterior motive or whatever is, frankly, offensive. I asked you a question…
> My friend, I simply stated a conclusion that is very commonly accepted, including by conservatives (hints: populism, religion, gender roles). People commonly accept that God exists, too, all across the political…
Having read through this whole discussion, and as an outsider: they're approaching this from a much stronger and consistent position than you. This is most obvious given how far you've moved the goalposts along the way.
> I don't think there is surprise that higher learning is associated with progressivism. This is such a wildly elitist take. There's nothing intrinsically progressive about education, and to just declare so as fact is…
> race is an intrinsic immutable attribute Is it? Care you define who makes up the "white race"? Or any other overly-broad category that typically gets bandied about as "race"? From my perspective, as someone who is…
> Yes, that is the correct term. In each election >50% chose "Not Trump". Uhhh... Not voting at all doesn't count as "Not Trump". It counts as "I don't care," which implicitly means "whatever everyone else thinks". This…
Wow, this is such a wildly pessimistic and cynical take. Are you okay? > But that's not a cure. If they don't take that drug, assuming it works, they still have the original mutation in the cancer cells. The person…
> This is akin to how two kinds of people respond to law. The first kind think "This is the law, we must follow it" and the other kind think "This law doesn't make sense, we must change it". What? I don't understand how…
I dunno, but this hardly a convincing rebuttal. Can you provide some citations about loans and such? I believe the thing I linked included loans as part of the "aid given". And I'm pretty sure Russia or China have the…
Is it really false, though? I don't think the claim is that such benefits are directly subsidized, but indirectly. For example, the EU relies (relied?) heavily on the US military to be their "big stick", freeing up some…
I don't think that's true. I don't think the world has ever worked the way the person I was replying to described it. Organizations are always reflections of the individuals of which they exist, in aggregate. I think…
> You're assuming that I subscribe to the left-right paradigm and that I am an American but that is not the case. Not really. And you can choose to not subscribe to a "left-right paradigm", but it remains a functional…
I don't know, I think the Left's attitude of making civil institutions socially radioactive has contributed more to the decay than people burning out from within. You speak as if "the man" is by definition "on the wrong…
Similarly, you know that "moved some magazines" doesn't accurately portray what this person was sentenced for. It was evidence tampering, and intentionally trying to frame it as "just moved some magazines" is…
I've definitely heard a similar joke about economists. It probably applies to most sciences, tbh
> From above: "Conservatives have been basically purged from academia over the last 30 years" Yet, when you are handed evidence that this is objectively true, you move the goalposts. You're clearly not arguing in good…
No, I called them out on something I thought they were wrong about because they were being super obnoxious in the way they were stating it. Turns out they were right, but instead of losing the attitude, they doubled…
> We'll probably notice the reduction in sulfur pollution more than the reduction in CO2. I feel like I've read something about the effects of reducing sulfur production already:…
But so you have a baseline to compare this against? You don't know what you doing know, after all.
Transparency mode is better, but it isn't perfect. The simple fact that you have something else producing noise in close proximity to your ears is enough to disrupt your ability to hear other things, even if they're…
The thought of intentionally deafening myself to the outside world, even partially, is unnerving, because I can't stand the thought of nerfing my own situational awareness to that degree. Especially in fast-paced…
> Look at how much "trust me, I've got training, I know what's good, I know what's already right" is in their argument. I mean, isn't that what we're supposed to do in science? Listen to the folks who have the…
> At the start of this I said: "I think the surprise is that someone believes its indicative of a giant conspiracy to exile conservative professors." If you agree with this could have saved yourself a lot of trouble.…
Wow, you're pretty obnoxious. Guess you're right, though
I loved this story. I haven't read it in a long time, but I thought that ending was great. Personally, I think he was a bot.
> I think you know perfectly well my meaning in context of the comment thread I was replying to. No, I don't, and smugly insinuating I have some ulterior motive or whatever is, frankly, offensive. I asked you a question…
> My friend, I simply stated a conclusion that is very commonly accepted, including by conservatives (hints: populism, religion, gender roles). People commonly accept that God exists, too, all across the political…
Having read through this whole discussion, and as an outsider: they're approaching this from a much stronger and consistent position than you. This is most obvious given how far you've moved the goalposts along the way.
> I don't think there is surprise that higher learning is associated with progressivism. This is such a wildly elitist take. There's nothing intrinsically progressive about education, and to just declare so as fact is…
> race is an intrinsic immutable attribute Is it? Care you define who makes up the "white race"? Or any other overly-broad category that typically gets bandied about as "race"? From my perspective, as someone who is…
> Yes, that is the correct term. In each election >50% chose "Not Trump". Uhhh... Not voting at all doesn't count as "Not Trump". It counts as "I don't care," which implicitly means "whatever everyone else thinks". This…
Wow, this is such a wildly pessimistic and cynical take. Are you okay? > But that's not a cure. If they don't take that drug, assuming it works, they still have the original mutation in the cancer cells. The person…
> This is akin to how two kinds of people respond to law. The first kind think "This is the law, we must follow it" and the other kind think "This law doesn't make sense, we must change it". What? I don't understand how…
I dunno, but this hardly a convincing rebuttal. Can you provide some citations about loans and such? I believe the thing I linked included loans as part of the "aid given". And I'm pretty sure Russia or China have the…
Is it really false, though? I don't think the claim is that such benefits are directly subsidized, but indirectly. For example, the EU relies (relied?) heavily on the US military to be their "big stick", freeing up some…
I don't think that's true. I don't think the world has ever worked the way the person I was replying to described it. Organizations are always reflections of the individuals of which they exist, in aggregate. I think…
> You're assuming that I subscribe to the left-right paradigm and that I am an American but that is not the case. Not really. And you can choose to not subscribe to a "left-right paradigm", but it remains a functional…
I don't know, I think the Left's attitude of making civil institutions socially radioactive has contributed more to the decay than people burning out from within. You speak as if "the man" is by definition "on the wrong…