interesting thread on psi in SF, but I disagree with this tweet in the thread “You can be superior … without showing any outward signs!” is not a racist dog whistle - it's a NERD dog whistle. Nerds love it, and always will. I see your Slan and raise you Harry Potter. https://twitter.com/cstross/status/1268527575334301698 …
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2/ Valid, however, I think that "nerd literature has dog whistle that nerds lap up" fully explains the phenomena, so Ockham's razor suggests we don't need to bring up a second cause that does NOT at all explain, say, a book that has sold 500 Mill copies https://twitter.com/cstross/status/1268536101347766272 …
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3/ yes Btw, I really really really loved
@leverus 's The Magicians for this - he fully understood the trope, and took and ran with it. Perfect translation of Lexington, MA / Ivy League nerd status climber to Hogwarts-ish magic college. https://twitter.com/lesmothian/status/1268539038832746502 …ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs added,
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4/ yes so, question: was this dog whistle invented by Jewish nerds (a) a nerd dog whistle, or (b) a Nazi dog whistle ? So hard to figure out...
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5/ likewise: Cinderella was belle of the ball because of ... <checks notes> the alt-righthttps://twitter.com/kendrictonn/status/1268541095941734400 …
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6/ "nerd secretly has great powers" is a form of resistance to the white patriarchy if you're a Dominican-American rapist like Junot Diaz or a woman like Seanan McGuire and JK Rowling or Jewish like Siegel and Shuster, but is white supremacy otherwise.https://twitter.com/FormerlyFormer/status/1268540643242057732 …
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KeepCalmAndDrawl @FormerlyFormerReplying to @Hugo_Book_Club @MorlockPThe problem with seeing all “born inferior” tropes as racial subtexts (and they can be) is that there are many many ways in which humans can feel they were “born inferior” - from height to looks to smarts to physical prowess to... on and on.4 replies 0 retweets 10 likesShow this thread
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interesting question for @cstrosshttps://twitter.com/TheClarksTale/status/1268548874333020162 …
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