On most scientific issues, even if I turbo disagree with somebody, I still often continue liking them as a person. Sometimes even more so.
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Also IRL and online people have trouble disagreeing politely. So sometimes they really are attacking the person!
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ya true. Do you find ppl in academia can't have debates? Mostly it's my family and non-academic friends who get upset / personal.
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It's identical to outside academia pretty much.
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interesting! one of my favourite things about academia was the freedom to discuss ideas without it turning personal instantly
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most spaces outside academia I feel unable to discuss serious ideas at all
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It's certainly a spectrum, but it seems similar inside academia. Younger academics have fewer ideas of their "own", less to "lose" — as you
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move in more advanced circles you realise there's senior people very protective of "their" ideas.
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Sorry for gap between tweets, on tube!

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