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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 14

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      Except that didn't happen, did it? https://twitter.com/AHappyFellow/status/1051517743663603712 …

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 14

      It's so strange to me that some people would rather make shit up than engage with the point. When I think something matters, I want to argue for it & dismantle other people's arguments against it. I don't understand why anyone wouldn't want to do that.

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        2. Nehā S‏ @neha_aks Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Unsolicited advice: I’ve been following your exchange with this fellow for some time now. Note how a user with 2 followers has wasted hours of ur time, which u could have used to compile your arguments a thorouh article, which you could then simply throw at trolls like these. :)

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        3. James Lindsay‏ @ConceptualJames Oct 14
          Replying to @neha_aks @HPluckrose

          Yes!

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        1. George Henderson‏ @puddleg Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          It doesn't take a minute's search to confirm that Cultural Marxism is a real discipline, and not some alt-right straw man. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20007001?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents …

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        1. KhaosByDesign‏ @KhaosByDesignUK Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Because that opens them up to the possibility of being wrong, people are putting blind faith into ideologies with almost cult like levels of devotion. It doesn't matter how logical someone else view is, it's different therefore it's wrong.

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        1. Wintermute‏ @colugos Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Your Twitter feed is a wonderful study of logical fallacies and rhetorical escapades. It's like the pages of #Aristotle have come alive

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        1. Leon Hewer‏ @LeonHewer Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Is there any chance that during a quiet moment later they'll acknowledge their lack of clarity and maybe do better in future? It's such a good payoff for being wrong.

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        2. Secular Dhimmi‏ @6siders Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          iona italia calls jews alt right sympathizers

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        3. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia Oct 14
          Replying to @6siders @HPluckrose

          Not "Jews." Dave Rubin, who happens to be Jewish. And I didn't say he was an alt right sympathiser. I said I dislike his style of softballing interviews with the alt right. Good grief, what a bizarre summary of that opinion.

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        2. Matt Diamond‏ @mattdiamond Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I don’t think they’re “making shit up”... I think they’re *misinterpreting*. They believe they’re being truthful but they’re mistaken about the truth. It’s an important distinction to make.

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        3. Matt Diamond‏ @mattdiamond Oct 14
          Replying to @mattdiamond @HPluckrose

          To be fair, interpretation usually requires inferences that go beyond one’s available information, so they *are* technically making up stuff. They just believe the stuff they’re making up is accurate.

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        1. Deep Learning‏ @SH2F088 Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          You prolly got a more-than-your-share helping of Mr. Spock. Like me. Lotsa folks prefer to go simple, emotional. Logic? tl:dr.

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        1. IPuttheHipinHippocampus‏ @InncentBystndr Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Cause they’re not talented, informed and thorough?

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        1. Skrawek the Exile‏ @itwoamond Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          What you would rather do is mute people.

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        1. Atilla the Pun‏ @ThomasTiramisu Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          You're probably using the wrong medium, Helen. Twitter is nothing but a shit storm. It's not conducive to reasonable discussion.

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        1. SG‏ @lobo6quatro Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Impossible for them to debate when the facts don’t support their arguments

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        2. Sharon Blake-Edgar‏ @SharonBEdgar Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Because they're lazy. It's easier to log a couple light missiles rather than engage. Thinking is exhausting for many.

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        3. Darren Tunstall‏ @dvtunstall Oct 14
          Replying to @SharonBEdgar @HPluckrose

          Yes, this is why. Reasoning with logic and evidence is hard. It hurts my brain trying to do it. Cheap signalling is easier, and if others believe it, why not believe it yourself?

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        1. Skeptic Review‏ @SkepticReview89 Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Skeptic Review Retweeted Skeptic Review

          https://twitter.com/SkepticReview89/status/1051547288080982016 …

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          Helen gives you the dignity of a serious answer and an opportunity to engage and get your ideas across and you respond with an Alex Jones meme and gay frog gags? I suppose she is just beneath you in the battle of intellectual ideas?
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        1. Mark Evans‏ @Slapwing Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Oh you do!! You’re just too polite to say so. 😂😂

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        1. Hal Conick‏ @HalConick Oct 14
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Their way is easier and takes much less thought.

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