This guy thinks this is a kill shot because everyone knows in the back of his mind that leftists fake all their research - hence the lack of surprise at the replication crisis. He's applies the "everyone does it" thinking to avoid damning his own side.
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @charlesmurray
But let's be reasonable, there are people of many ideological persuasions who fake research (or do things that are counterproductive to getting at the truth).
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There likely would be people of many ideological persuasions who'd be willing to fake research but leftism: 1) Has a drive to infiltrate every org as part of its ideology 2) Has a disregard for the idea of truth 3) Is the only ideology allowed in academia b/c of networking
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @charlesmurray
I'm not sure that modern leftism as a whole has a disregard for truth. It's more like modern leftism thinks that truth needs to be coddled and protected from dangerous lies that might hurt it. I just don't think it's widely understood how dangerous this conception of truth is.
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The left follows a few rules of thinking that when consistently applied are completely disconnected from truth: Truth is determined by whatever an authority says Except if that authority is racist or sexist or x-ist If that's the case that institution should be taken over 1/
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You can see a middle brow example of this in wikipedia. Wikipedia is implicitly in the business of accurately describing the world yet their standards for inclusion in an article aren't "is this proveably true?" it's "has a 'reliable source' reported it". 2/
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The conflicts then become "which sources are considered reliable?" and "how can I get a certified source to say something?" Strange implicit epistemology, no? The twitter feed of NYT reporter is "original research" but the same author writing in NYT is writing ex cathedra 3/
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The first hurdle excludes any source that might say something that the leftist egregore finds objectionable. The second allows it to make pronouncements that are then taken as true by mirrored rules in other institutions ("we follow industry standards") 4/
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Replying to @CovfefeAnon @charlesmurray
Does the leftist egregore have a name?
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This is an important gap in our vocabulary.
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Agree. The egregore has only grown in strength with social media b/c people have more ability to broadcast signals of loyalty to it. Having a word for it as distinct from the institutions that it runs is important.
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