@ephraim_quin @AdelePerry Well, Black is to history what Rex Murphy is to climate science.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@AdelePerry When was Murphy last interviewed or featured as a climate scientist, as opposed to a commentator with an opinion?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @ephraim_quin
@ephraim_quin@AdelePerry Does it matter how introduced? Many of Murphy's fans do think of him as climate expert on par with scientists.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@AdelePerry yes it matters: Black's tome is being taken as a serious intervention into Canadian history by broad range of media1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @ephraim_quin
@ephraim_quin@HeerJeet today on the 180 he was referred to as "a historian" at least twice. I am ambivalent about invoking professionalism1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdelePerry
@ephraim_quin@HeerJeet because it is so often used to delegitimate voices who are very much expert on the past and needed2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @AdelePerry
@AdelePerry@ephraim_quin Exactly. I think it's better to say Black is a very bad historian than to invoke professional credentials.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@AdelePerry@ephraim_quin Reading "Petun to Wyandot" by Charles Garrad from UOP. A daunting work by someone with no credentials.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DWHauthor
@DWHauthor@HeerJeet@AdelePerry@ephraim_quin Sure, but it passed peer review–arguably more important than whether someone has a PhD or not5 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Ian_Mosby
@Ian_Mosby@DWHauthor@HeerJeet@ephraim_quin that he is being widely described as a historian speaks only to his accrued social authority.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@AdelePerry @Ian_Mosby @DWHauthor @ephraim_quin Right. Accrued social authority came first, status as historian is byproduct of that.
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