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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 Mar 6

    Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Alex Simonelis

    I think most people who offer opinions and make arguments on social media act as tho they are pretty confident about them. I'm not sure you'd be able to measure a difference in 'aura of expertise' between Dawkins and the plumber.https://twitter.com/alexsimonelis/status/971201731324506114 …

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    Alex Simonelis @alexsimonelis
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    Not quite the same thing, I thnk. Dawkins (I don't know if he does it explicitly) at least implicitly parades an aura of being an expert, in a field where he is not an expert.
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      2. Alex Simonelis‏ @alexsimonelis Mar 6
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Many do act confident. But he brings more: real experise as a famous prof of biology. Others don't have that kind of oomph. Problem is his oomph isn't in the field of religion, but transferable in many people's minds, I suspect.

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      3. Minerva?...Great Band‏ @THOTCrime Mar 6
        Replying to @alexsimonelis @HPluckrose

        Most religions make truth claims related to the field of biology. His expertise allows him to shoot them down. Being as these faiths also generally claim to source such info from infallible sources, that’s all he needs to break the very bedrock of their ideology.

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      4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 6
        Replying to @THOTCrime @alexsimonelis

        They do. My fear was that I or anyone I love could be tortured for all eternity for believing the wrong thing or not having enough faith. It was neuroscience showing that self is brain and can reasonably be expected to die with brain if not before that freed me from that.

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      1. Raymond McCue  💗⚤ 💜⚣ 💙,  🏳️‍🌈‏ @RayMcCue Mar 6
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        The confident plumbers just tend to retweet rightwing memes instead of writing out elegant arguments in prose

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