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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 23

    Currently: "You seem to be saying <insert ludicrous thing I am not saying> "Could you explain to me why you believe <clearly ludicrous thing there is no reason to think I believe> X 100

    7:30 AM - 23 Oct 2018
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      2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 23

        I am torn between responding to these with things like: "You seem to be saying that aardvarks are actually cabbages" or "Could you explain to me why you have decided to believe that Madrid is the capital of France" or completely ignore and mute them.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 23

        My favourite kind of bizarre tweet looks a lot like this: "Hi! Could you explain to me why you've suddenly become supremely evil and utterly stupid by endorsing some strawman version I have created of the people I hate most? I'm genuinely curious. Big fan of your work!"

        4 replies 6 retweets 84 likes
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      4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 23

        Is there the name for the kind of fallacy where people believe they can define reality out of existence? Humans seem particularly prone to this.

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      2. Shawn Aune‏ @AuneShawn Oct 23
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        pic.twitter.com/RyQpYpVvjb

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      3. Stackem‏ @_Surfers_Girl Oct 23
        Replying to @AuneShawn @HPluckrose

        Just said something to my husband that this all sounds a lot like people's response to Jordan Peterson. Peterson: "Jung, Campbell, Eliot, Jung, biblical metaphors, try to act responsibly and you'll feel better, etc." "So you're saying round up all the dissenters, then."pic.twitter.com/KKv3KQlldz

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      1. obaidomer 🐻‏ @obaidomer Oct 23
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Maybe everytime someone tweets this at you just tweet back the steps to make a good cup of tea so at least they will be fit for some purpose.

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      1. Spike Milano‏ @SpikeMilano Oct 23
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Thanks for nailing the average conversation with my ex-wife.

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      1. walter white‏ @walterw62165491 Oct 23
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Seems like there are a lot of people who use the same tactics as Cathy Newmanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcjxSThD54&t= …

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      1. Brock‏ @b_rock_CLE Oct 23
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Ahhh I see you’ve reached Cathy Newman level ideologists.

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      2. Lotak‏ @LotakX Oct 23
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Have a standard, nonsensical response that you copy paste every time someone makes a ridiculous tweet to you. Have templates depending on the type of response required. Stop wasting your time with them

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      3. Lotak‏ @LotakX Oct 23
        Replying to @LotakX @HPluckrose

        I'm going to have to have a template telling you to stop engaging the trolls .... This is like the 5th time I've said this!!

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      2. Scott Kiborn‏ @FootyK Oct 23
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        This is gold......https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/03/28/daniel-dennett-rapoport-rules-criticism/ …

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      1. SG‏ @lobo6quatro Oct 23
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        This perfectly sums up what’s happened in academia.

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      1. Vadim Roginskiy‏ @VRoginskiy Oct 23
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        So what you're saying is...

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      2. Anna Banana‏ @fleurdelys10034 Oct 23
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        People seem to have lost the ability to think, to listen and to comprehend what other person means when he/she talks. Lost the art of hyperbole, irony, satire etc...

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      3. Fiona shell‏ @shell_fiona Oct 23
        Replying to @fleurdelys10034 @HPluckrose

        That’s the fallout of having to be politically correct lest you’re looking to be vilified.

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      4. Anna Banana‏ @fleurdelys10034 Oct 23
        Replying to @shell_fiona @HPluckrose

        Well got to learn read between the lines, like we did in the USSR, they would print stories and most did have truth in them, just needed to have rational mind and read between the lines.

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