We shouldn't treat it as a "movement" as this only makes it seem more elitist which is really the antithesis of what it ought to be...
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But at the same time there are some who make it seem elitist & unforgiving to many people who are used to the status quo. It's not helping.
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That said, I don't see a special responsibility of OS advocates to condemn this guy. Every decent person should condemn racists.
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Both are true. K specifically uses OA to give him credibility. So if we want OA to be welcoming we should not defend him (occured in past) &
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As I said just now in another tweet this is a feature of OS. I think the only weapon against abuses of open data is more open data.
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Well. You can also criticize the analysis. Where is it flawed? Where did it go wrong. If the data is open this should be easier.
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Exactly - the data in this case is deliberately skewed, and the plot by K is an exceptionally racist interpretation of the data.
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If all we do is add more data, we're never challenging the problem of people (a) abusing data to promote racism and (b) making OA look bad
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I didn't say "add more data". I said challenge them with open data (ideally the same data they use). That's the whole point of open science.
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The data is often unethically sourced.
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