Skip to content
By using Twitter’s services you agree to our Cookies Use. We and our partners operate globally and use cookies, including for analytics, personalisation, and ads.
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • About

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
HPluckrose's profile
Helen Pluckrose
Helen Pluckrose
Helen Pluckrose
@HPluckrose

Tweets

Helen Pluckrose

@HPluckrose

Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

London.
areomagazine.com/author/hpluckr…
Joined August 2011

Tweets

  • © 2018 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Dec 2017

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Gil Ant

      'Postmodernist theory tended to be a very blunt instrument, which resulted in the same general political points being repeated over and over.' Precisely. This is the stultifying orthodoxy at play. Those of us who value literature & scholarship generally must resist this.https://twitter.com/Gil_Ant/status/937280966602530817 …

      Helen Pluckrose added,

      Gil Ant @Gil_Ant
      Interesting interview with Pres of association formed in 94 reacting to increasing politicization of English depts & rise of "Theory". "should be guided by the work in its entirety, and not by select passages or elements that are used to confirm what the critic already believes" https://twitter.com/QuilletteM/status/937277994028208128 …
      Show this thread
      2 replies 7 retweets 39 likes
      Show this thread
    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Dec 2017

      To fail to challenge narrow intellectual orthodoxies within academia is to play into the hands of the anti-intellectual, anti-expertise populist right. That won't end well.

      2 replies 2 retweets 13 likes
      Show this thread
    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Dec 2017

      I really need to write a thing for my fellow liberal Lefties who think that the way to defeat the populist Right is to defend or minimise the postmodern, anti-rational, identitarian, SocJus ideas on the Left rather than to honestly address them & strengthen the Left.

      8 replies 7 retweets 31 likes
      Show this thread
    4. Cassandra Tully‏ @CassandraMTully 3 Dec 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      The left, by nature, is revolutionary and eats their own. They do so because revolutionary energy comes from the fringes and the “mere” reformers become cowed and intimidated into submission. Why “save” the left? Why not cheer on rational thought and (individual) human progress?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Dec 2017
      Replying to @CassandraMTully

      I do! I co-wrote a whole thing about that. https://areomagazine.com/2017/08/22/a-manifesto-against-the-enemies-of-modernity/ … You could equally say that the right is, by nature, reactionary & its energy comes from fringes & moderate capitulate. In reality, we need both wings to fly & my values align with the left.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Cassandra Tully‏ @CassandraMTully 3 Dec 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Yes, I read that. There are problems mostly with mischaracterizing “natural rights” with “anti modern” sentiment. Once you accept that rights are granted by the state, the individual loses sovereignty and you’re on the road to autocracy.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Dec 2017
      Replying to @CassandraMTully

      Huh? How does this relate?

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    8. Cassandra Tully‏ @CassandraMTully 3 Dec 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      To “natural law” and pretty much the entirety of the Scottish enlightenment. @JonHaidt work in moral psychology is pretty much on board that there is “human nature”. Natural law is the source of “rights that are not granted by govt.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Dec 2017
      Replying to @CassandraMTully @JonHaidt

      Of course there is a human nature. It doesn't necessarily lend itself to respecting the lives & property of other humans tho.

      6:18 PM - 3 Dec 2017
      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        1. New conversation
        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @CassandraMTully @JonHaidt

          Nature tends to kill other animals and eat them. In humanity, it tends towards killing them and taking their stuff. We have to reason this stuff out using consistent human needs & desires & our sense of justice & then set up systems to protect them.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Cassandra Tully‏ @CassandraMTully 3 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @JonHaidt

          I suspect we come prewired in these tendencies and that reason only validates what our impulses want. We are tribal creatures, but I do think we get to decide which tribe we are in

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Dec 2017
          Replying to @CassandraMTully @JonHaidt

          Well, yes, I doubt we disagree on elephants and riders. Just talked about this & Areo publishing it in couple of days. But we produced good laws & systems of ethics & government between us anyway. Not sure how second sentence relates.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. End of conversation

      Loading seems to be taking a while.

      Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

        Promoted Tweet

        false

        • © 2018 Twitter
        • About
        • Help Center
        • Terms
        • Privacy policy
        • Cookies
        • Ads info