I'm getting a mixture of amusement, irritation, despair of humanity and impending boredom. https://twitter.com/GiannaMarriotta/status/998510358221459457 …
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Seriously, people, the most important thing we can do intellectually right now is oppose this nonsense on all levels. You don't need to understand postmodernism or formal logic to require things to have evidence & make sense before you claim them to be true or believe them.
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Detractors can call this simple requirement 'naive positivism' but they are fooling themselves if they think attempts to make one's beliefs reasonable & evidence-based and open to challenge on those grounds is easier than going with emotion & intuition which can't be challenged.
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In conclusion, if you are torn on this, please read this book. If you are not torn on this, please read this book. Read the book, tweeps. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kindly-Inquisitors-Attacks-Thought-Expanded/dp/022614593X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526904635&sr=8-1&keywords=kindly+inquisitors …
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no, say it ain't so Helen
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