Im actually pretty negative about this cowen post hes got a method and sticks to it and sometimes its interesting but sometimes its tyler cowen really stretching to show that he has a subtle view of things in a way that doesnt actually illuminate interesting or salient angleshttps://twitter.com/aaronsibarium/status/1280906687881281537 …
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I think for things like open letters the text is often the least important part what matters more for understanding implications of such things: - who is saying something - with whom - publicly or privately - when
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this is of course true and addresses my angle, but i think is not a useful objection on instrumental grounds of /course/ steve sailer would sign probably but that would be neither helpful to objective of the letter, nor salient to its pointpic.twitter.com/NLBAfCn7c3
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what matters (if anything) about the open letter is that people who are prominent are signalling a break with another faction, publicly; and specifically people who might be expected to be hostile to the Real Outgroup its a flag in the ground for a media faction
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having /lots/ of signatories does not help with this, nor does having Outgroup signatories
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analogy: if half the College of the Cardinals signs an open letter regarding Donatism, that matters in the Church getting further signatures from Bob the Anglican in London and from Ayatollah Khamenei? This would confuse the issue at best
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anyway read timur kuran stay strapped iluhttps://www.amazon.com/Private-Truths-Public-Lies-Falsification/dp/0674707583 …
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