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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 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.

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      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.

      9:49 AM - 19 Oct 2018
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        2. Jeremiah Dalesio‏ @Jeremiahdalesio Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Don’t let the vocal minority outweigh the silent majority.

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        1. no one you follow‏ @JustLaurenB Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Humans are generally kind and reasonable when they are expected to appear as such in public. The Internet peels away the layer necessary to maintain ones integrity without affecting their daily lives.

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        1. Randy Voges‏ @RandySVoges Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          You sure you don't believe in Original Sin? 😉

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        1. Tamara Brouwer‏ @TamaraBrouwer1 Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I have a very nice bubble of friends on twitter that can do that. But let's be honest. The part of twitter, that's interested in politics, isn't really part of the crowd you're referring to.

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        1. Peter Grant‏ @AtheistStoned Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Most humans are bloody awful...

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        1. Jack Murphy‏ @jackmurphylive Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          yikes..no! Don't go down the path of cynicism, even though it seems rational. I've found that getting out into the real world with people helps bring me back to optimistic. Twitter, however, is indeed the black pill when it comes to believing in the human spirit.

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        1. Jim Michels‏ @jdmichels Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I appreciate what you do Helen. And I find that you are remarkably patient. Being in the public eye is brutal these days. You might want to filter more idiots out of your life.

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        1. brixton accidental‏ @brixtronix Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          It's the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory in action.

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        1. Topaz‏ @topaz0330 Oct 20
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Only just now?

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        1. Len Pattenden‏ @LenPattenden Oct 20
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I think it's just the Internet. I believe abstraction of the Internet leads to many projecting a reactive avatar of their lesser or greater selves. I wouldn't get too glum about it. In person the people would be largely different and reasonable.

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        1. Rob Kiser‏ @rckiser Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Um... you've met some humans, right?

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        1. Richard T. Pallardy‏ @RTPallardy Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Sadly, they aren't. In my experience, more the exception than the rule.

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        1. suntiger745‏ @suntiger745 Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Are you following @dodo ? If not, I would suggest it to get reminders that there are nice people in the world too. :)

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        1. Nestus Venter‏ @nestus Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Most of the noise usually come from the shallow end of the pool?

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        1. Ch Tronche‏ @chtronche_fr Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          With 16% of the people in the world being atheists, as one of them, I find hard to believe that people are using reason to conduct their lives and thoughts ("reasonable").

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        2. sCrone‏ @MySimAntics Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Humans are anything but kind and reasonable. They are tribal and emotional.

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        3. suntiger745‏ @suntiger745 Oct 19
          Replying to @MySimAntics @HPluckrose

          Eh, those are not mutually exclusive. Fortunately. :)

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        4. sCrone‏ @MySimAntics Oct 19
          Replying to @suntiger745 @HPluckrose

          Yes of course. Goes without saying. Having a nice misanthropic morning over here.

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        1. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 Oct 19
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          They tend to not be kind toward Others and they tend to 'otherize' people as a defense mechanism for challenges to their deeply-held beliefs imo. I think I even do this to an extend despite actively trying not to.

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