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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 19

    I am beginning to despair of my ability to communicate with anyone who doesn't already know what I am talking about and understand why it matters that we have evidence for what we claim to be true and can argue for it in a way that makes sense.

    9:46 AM - 19 Oct 2018
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      1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 19

        I am also beginning to doubt my long-held conviction that humans are essentially kind and reasonable even if there are a million things which get in the way of them expressing that in their lives.

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      2. Paul Roundy‏ @PaulRoundy1 Oct 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Keep in mind that big impacts can happen in people who happen to read the conversations but who never participate.

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      3. Duncan Reynolds‏ @duncanr2 Oct 19
        Replying to @PaulRoundy1 @HPluckrose

        A very good point. Your main audience is those who listen, not those who speak.

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      2. Skeptic Review‏ @SkepticReview89 Oct 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        evidence--the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. Related antonyms: unintelligiblity, accusation, assumption, veto, annulment, presumption, allegation, guess, obscurity, heresay.😀

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      3. Skeptic Review‏ @SkepticReview89 Oct 19
        Replying to @SkepticReview89 @HPluckrose

        However... the problem you are facing is if "evidence" is considered to be valid if it is documentation of research already published within fields you have deemed grievance studies. It is a tough battle ahead.

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      1. arceyt‏ @arceyt3 Oct 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        What you say isnt just for people listening now. Its also for people listening 10, 20, 30 years from now. They made Socrates drink hemlock. They burnt Giordano Bruno at the stake. What you SAY matters now and for posterity. You're a history maker.

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      1. Matt McManus‏ @MattPolProf Oct 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Preach my sensai

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      2. Nocturnal‏ @Nocturnal_biped Oct 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Don't confuse your ability with someone else's unwillingness.

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      1. Alternative Left‏ @TheRealAltLeft Oct 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Well that's why that NPC meme is proliferating. So many people are just reflexive ideologues and don't look at things analytically.

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      1. Mike Gonzalez‏ @Gundisalvus Oct 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        You're doing a great job educating people. Don't despair and don't let up.

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      2. Sid Berman‏ @berman_sid Oct 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Would love to hear you on Sam Harris' podcast

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      3. Spooky Cavy‏ @honestcavy Oct 19
        Replying to @berman_sid @HPluckrose

        I've sent in recommendations in the past through his backer site, but I'm sure more would help make it happen. I encourage you to go for it!

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      4. Sid Berman‏ @berman_sid Oct 19
        Replying to @honestcavy @HPluckrose

        Good idea. I will.

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      1. Huntthetruth‏ @truthisforsale Oct 20
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        You’ve probably already seen this many times. But don’t despair, just choose to converse only with those who do value evidence.pic.twitter.com/4mgSHWOPcm

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      1. John Buckoke‏ @JohnBuckoke Oct 20
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        It's not you @HPluckrose There is nothing as deaf as a person who doesn't want to hear. Such people either have a vested financial interest they are hiding, or lack a personal identity so have hooked their identity onto what you are challenging...their reason to exist.

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      1. Michael A. Lowry‏ @mlowry Oct 20
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        There’s usually a way to reach just about anyone. The question is how much of your time you want to spend. Life is short.

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      1. Murray Walters‏ @Imm_listening Oct 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        You’re asking for argument. But that risks them giving something up. It is indentarian, religious, cultish, impossible. Mad too, at some level.

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      1. S‏ @SRAlsultani Oct 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Would love to hear a podcast of you and @BretWeinstein talking about this!

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      1. Gabi‏ @GabiMoomin Oct 19
        Replying to @HPluckrose @AndersEigen

        sadly, in a society that celebrates victimhood so much that you need to compete in that arena to gain social brownie points, debate becomes quaintly irrelevant let's hope society comes to its senses eventually

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