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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 12 Nov 2017

    Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Ben Sixsmith

    People want their metanarratives back, I'm going to be talking about this soon. I think there must be a way to have satisfying narratives which don't require a) believing things that aren't true or b) taking on restrictive & dubious ideology.https://twitter.com/BDSixsmith/status/929657581924167680 …

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    Ben Sixsmith @BDSixsmith
    Read my new piece for @QuilletteM on the strange second life of cultural Christianity http://quillette.com/2017/11/12/non-believers-turning-bibles/ …
    3:04 AM - 12 Nov 2017
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      2. Gil Reich‏ @GilR 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        "I think there must be a way" indicates that you're starting with the conclusion you want to reach, and are then going to rationalize your way into it, doesn't it?

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @GilR

        No, not necessarily. I don't know what conclusions will be reached by gender studies becoming rigorous tho evolutionary psychology gives us some idea. I just think its something that can be studied rigorously.

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      4. Gil Reich‏ @GilR 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Ok. I hope you succeed.

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      5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @GilR

        Oh! Sorry. You are replying to my tweet about metanarratives and religion not my thing about gender studies! Scrap last answer.

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      6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose @GilR

        For this, yes! I am positing a way to do this but am open to suggestions and counterarguments and also trial and error.

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      2. Randy McGregor‏ @Ramcgreg 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        According to some guy on twitter, most (not all) people need religion. Rationalistic alternatives are ultimately unsatisfying.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @Ramcgreg

        We need to surround rationalistic ideas in inspirational narrative and meaning. We can do this.

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      4. Randy McGregor‏ @Ramcgreg 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        You can lead a horse to water...

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      5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @Ramcgreg

        This is it exactly. I will be drawing on Haidt here when he says 'Speak to the elephants (intuitions/emotions), not the rider (cognitive reasoning.) Make the horse (or elephant) want to drink before leading it to water (reason, evidence)

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      6. Randy McGregor‏ @Ramcgreg 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Good luck, and I mean that sincerely. Looking forward to the results.

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      1. Chris Baker‏ @Zacnaloen 12 Nov 2017
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        I look forward to it

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