Emil O W Kirkegaard

The lesson was I was right all along? Funny that’s the lesson most people take from criticism.

He is correct, though. It is simply a *fact*, that the vast majority of negative criticism has just been hysterical non-empirical reactions. I also told Bo that he should've predicted the reaction. But that's because he should have known that's what people are like.

Well I won’t disagree with the fact that people react emotionally and tribally but I don’t think that negates all the relevant issues. Bo himself already acknowledged including this reference was a mistake and it’s particularly not good because the conclusion of the cited...

... article, regardless of skull measurement, runs pretty counter to Bo and Carl’s position.

I don't know what "all the relevant issues" are. I am totally fine with people critiquing Bo and Noah's article. I just prefer that this is done in a calm and collected manner, where the empirical claims are at the center of the discussion.

This makes it much easier (for me and others) to assess where they are wrong, where they lack nuance, and where they are correct. Also, Bo acknowledged including it was a mistake. But his admitted fault is a tactical one, not an empirical one.

Not sure that is true, given his exchange with @Evolving_Moloch, maybe he could clarify.

Let me clarify: It was a tactical mistake because the vast majority of the reaction to the "skulls" were emotional, not empirical. It is possible that they should have added more nuance for empirical reasons, but most of the reactions weren't due to empirical reasons.