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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 Mar 9
      Replying to @Plato4Now @Intrinsic29 and

      They might just find the arguments ridiculous?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    2. Patrick Lee Miller‏ @Plato4Now Mar 9
      Replying to @HPluckrose @Intrinsic29 and

      Well that's certainly true. But the question isn't whether they do (or do not) find the arguments ridiculous. The question is whether they should (or should not) do so.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    3. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 Mar 9
      Replying to @Plato4Now @HPluckrose and

      I think she means they might just think the arguments are ridiculous, as opposed to thinking that adults who keep doing philosophy "deserve a beating."

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Patrick Lee Miller‏ @Plato4Now Mar 9
      Replying to @Intrinsic29 @HPluckrose and

      Yes, that's how I understood her. I am eager for her reply.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 Mar 9
      Replying to @Plato4Now @HPluckrose and

      pic.twitter.com/6LHH2Hhc1g

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    6. Frolics on the Roof‏ @daveweeden Mar 9
      Replying to @Intrinsic29 @Plato4Now and

      You lost me there. Although I'm always with that guy who said "Philosophy is finding bad reasons for what we know already." Don't remember who he was. Can't be important.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Kevin‏ @Intrinsic29 Mar 9
      Replying to @daveweeden @Plato4Now and

      The point is that her tweet was merely expressing skepticism of his claim that the person in question thinks people who keep doing philosophy as adults "deserve to be beaten." So a coherent response would be either further substantiating that claim or qualifying it.

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    8. Frolics on the Roof‏ @daveweeden Mar 9
      Replying to @Intrinsic29 @Plato4Now and

      This is a long thread, and I have skimmed, but I think there's a HUGE sense of humour failure going on here. NO ONE is arguing that people "deserve to be beaten." It's a joke.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 9
      Replying to @daveweeden @Intrinsic29 and

      But it still has a meaning and it misses the point. This whole conversation has been so tedious and point-missy and point-scorey and semantic-pedantic. This is the stereotype of Twitter philosophers &, like most stereotypes, it has merit.

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    10. Ben Sixsmith‏ @BDSixsmith Mar 9
      Replying to @HPluckrose @daveweeden and

      Yes the point missing and point scoring has all been on one side.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Mar 9
      Replying to @BDSixsmith @daveweeden and

      I am quite sure that I am equally perceived as having missed the point but that is fine. We can have our different points separately and then the tedium can end.

      10:50 AM - 9 Mar 2018
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