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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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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 14

    I have decided that if someone comes along and tells me I am wrong about something I have been studying for many years, I am going to encourage them to research it thoroughly and if they think they can make a case for their alternative stance, to write an essay and send it to me.

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      2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 14

        I really don't need to be responding to "Actually, it's all Marxism/capitalism/neoliberalism/the illuminate" with a long tweet thread about what it actually is when I could just require them to make their case longform with evidence & a reasoned argument before I address it.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 14

        I currently have one person who possibly could - can some of Marcuse be manifesting via black feminism - and if so, I will benefit from reading it all set out and two people who I'm pretty sure could not - all power structures are Marxism & gender theory is all based on 1 doctor.

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      2. Amy Alkon‏Verified account @amyalkon Oct 14
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        As an advice columnist who gets a lot of reader mail, I would suggest that you have an, um, optimistic view about possible length and level of readability -- though I do think it could deter quite a few from huff-tweeting.

        2 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 14
        Replying to @amyalkon

        Well, if an unreadable essay comes through, I will have to say it's unreadable.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
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      2. Pallor Ergo Doom‏ @SlagOffTwits Oct 14
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I think this is the wrong approach. 😏

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 14
        Replying to @SlagOffTwits

        I think it will save me much time responding to 'Actually gender theory is all based on one scientist who did surgery on one child' by explaining the sources of gender theory if I ask them to research it, prove it & send it to me.

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. Pallor Ergo Doom‏ @SlagOffTwits Oct 14
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Oh. pfffft. Damn vulcan literalists. I had a sarcastic face emoji. An emoji, dammit! @SkepticReview89

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      2. Ben Pobjie‏Verified account @benpobjie Oct 14
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Tell them you'll only read essays that have already been through peer review

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 14
        Replying to @benpobjie

        :-/

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      1. Gillian Dempsey‏ @catedempsey Oct 15
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Ignorant people try to correct my knowledge of law often. It doesn't bother me - it's twitter, they're twits and ultimately nothing they say (or I say) matters for the most part. I'd ignore them - don't feed their ego by making them feel relevant.

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      1. Emily Perry‏ @emily23pg Oct 14
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I can’t comprehend why someone wouldn’t do that from the start. Always punch holes through your own argument first. Gah.

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      1. Andrew sharpe‏ @sharpielaw Oct 15
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I feel @Twitter may not be the medium for you

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      1. kapil dev‏ @Kapil9364Dev Oct 15
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      1. serversurfer‏ @TheServerSurfer Oct 15
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Just go Socratic on them: “Oh? Why do you think that?” Shouldn’t take long for them to realize that they haven’t really thought things through. 🤓🤔👍

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      2. John Philpot‏ @lujlp Oct 15
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Often times the reason stems from ignorance, for example as a child I thought it was wrong for firefighters to drive the truck to the grocery store to go shopping 1/x

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      3. John Philpot‏ @lujlp Oct 15
        Replying to @lujlp @HPluckrose

        Why werent they doing it on their own time in their own cars, why wanst the truck at the fire house in case there was a fire? 2/x

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      4. John Philpot‏ @lujlp Oct 15
        Replying to @lujlp @HPluckrose

        It wanst until someone bothered to inform me that the firefighters shopping were on duty &they needed to take the truck with them so they could go straight to a fire rather than drive back to house to then goto the fire that I understood it wasnt a waste of resources or greed 3/x

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      5. John Philpot‏ @lujlp Oct 15
        Replying to @lujlp @HPluckrose

        when criticizing someones thought or idea, I try to start with "the problem as I see it" and try to highlight the reasons I think someone/thing is mistaken 4/x

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. John Philpot‏ @lujlp Oct 15
        Replying to @lujlp @HPluckrose

        Personally I am always delighted when someone points out data that I never has access to that explains why things are set up or laid out the way they are 5/x

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      7. John Philpot‏ @lujlp Oct 15
        Replying to @lujlp @HPluckrose

        On the other had dealing with ideologues of any stripe is an exercise in futility, so when it comes to them I devolve to mocking & highlighting their hypocrisy, 6/x

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      8. John Philpot‏ @lujlp Oct 15
        Replying to @lujlp @HPluckrose

        I once got a christian so worked up over the course of a few hours they said free will isnt real and god is not all powerful, fun day, but not very productive 7/7

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