bob: "maybe rationalists are constitutively against reading the room" i think thats right and i think its beautiful
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man who was just fired for a joke tweet: "why was [scott] so fucking scared of people scouring his web site"
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bob: "there may have been an overreaction that did not work in [the rationalists] favor in terms of how this piece came out" stop resisting
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ww: the problem with rationalism is a lack of diversity. too many autists. this is a signal that rationalism is not attractive to everyone. different people would come to different conclusions than rationalists would
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ww: if everyone is similar you are biased. *snap* the only way to become unbiased is to confront people with different views yes. well. consider this an exercise in such. and consider speaking with more nonjournalists about how they view your field
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oh bob is very kind and suggests he would like to speak with more rationalists. I will create a thread to deal with this ask. my esteem of bob has risen overall in this conversation.
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They also don't consider the alternative, which is that journalists simply crush people without noticing or caring in the normal course of their job, which might in other circumstances suggest some need for reform
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