But they massively disagree with one another! And the discussion is open. And, in a charitable reading, it would seem unsurprising that those interested in the logical underpinnings would know one another. They are a community in the same way as the V1 people are a community.
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I would describe this phenomenon as an emergent hype machine that powerful people (most likely inadvertently) feed. It does a disservice because out field has a rich history and making out like we are just discovering stuff wrecks the literature.
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It's not a month that goes by that I don't' see papers in prestigious journals that don't cite whole swathes of other bits of the same field. I don't want to name examples, but many come to mind including ones where I personally (and Brad) have called out/attention to on Twitter.
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About "moving fast and breaking things" though, since it was basically mentioned as a stance... Let's not? Let's try to be a bit more respectful to our field and colleagues? Let's optimise that? The whole point of doing it right
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Agreed. I think we all know that Twitter is not the ideal media for having a relaxed and carefully thought discussion about anything. It promotes coarse statements and disputes, particularly among individuals with, say, too much bile.
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But it is what we have at hand and I fear we are misusing it. Perhaps we should try to minimise using it as a competition scenario and fruitless winning/loose dynamics.
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It's a very stupid game, but once someone attacks you then the culture is if you don't defend yourself then they are right. I guess we are mimicking simplistic view of animal hierarchies.
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I'm an omega.
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