ww: "[cade metz] was obviously just trying to do some journalism . . . journalists see things differently than people who are not journalists" YES I SUPPOSE THEY DO
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bob and ww now congratulating themselves about being more rational than rationalists "theyre not in the same game im in"
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ww: "I dont think [metz] meant to characterize scott as fascist friendly. but scott nuked his blog because he was worried about people in his community being attached to them" yes who could imagine this ww just fixated on "journalists doing journalism"
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ww: "the new york times is one of the worlds premiere . . . institutions. its culture is devoted to not being biased. to objectivity . . . there is no sense in which someone who likes to talk about epistemology is more committed to uncovering the truth than a Real Reporter"
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if only i repeat something often enough it will become true
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"its ridiculous to think that someone who works for the new york times has it out for this niche blog"
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long discussion of selection bias into the times and how this might be bad feels a bit desultory
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bob: "one allegation that has been made about nyt is that its suffused with woke sensibilities and perhaps scott's defenders are alleging this. [cites complaint from scott's response and calls it legitimate]" glad bob is pushing back
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ww: "yes this is misleading and bad writing. but if we interpret it charitably we can remember that murray wrote the bell curve and scott agreed with him. so i guess it was shitty but it wasnt malice. . . . it wasnt a great article"
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i genuinely think hes drunk
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