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Helen Pluckrose has returned to Hermit Mode
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He's not having a discussion. First he said we confuse current critical theories with the Frankfurt School & we showed we distinguish them clearly. Then he said we see the
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OK, I'm going to have a short thread on racism despite being white & thus incur the wrath and dismissal of a certain kind of anti-racist who works on standpoint
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Interesting piece. However, from my background in studying Christian writing in England 1300-1700, I would say the answer is 'Yes and no, but mostly no." The Catholic Church certainly wanted
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It really does comes down to the definition of 'diet.' You improved your diet and level of activity rather than going *on* a diet for a short term so you
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Areo has now received quite a few submissions arguing that a solution to the current polarisation is a political stance that is economically left but socially conservative. This seems to
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Nope, not arguing. Don't even bother. I don't have to pretend to think someone who expresses a wish for a demographic she is prejudiced against to die of a virus
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I get asked not to use the word "cis" often but I do because it is convenient in the same way that "heterosexual" is convenient even though it came into
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There is something that people frequently misunderstand about science & postmodernism. The misconception maintains that postmodernists deny an objective reality to exist while scientists believe they have already found it.
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OK, so I came back to discuss this. I think nearly everybody sees the problem with it. Let's put it in perspective.https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/coronavirus-vaccine_uk_5ea067f2c5b6b2e5b83ba372 Firstly, arguments that she shouldn't be
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We don't need to pretend people aren't driven by moral foundations that bias them in order to respond to their arguments rather than telling them what you think their biases
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Nothing makes me angrier than people telling me I don't mean what I say or that I am criticising a strawman. I do well with disagreement but not with people
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OK, I'm getting to that point where I will soon explode with frustration at the number of people not knowing how reason and arguments work. I will be accused of
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