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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Mar 2017

    The people saying "Eppur si muove" in our time are those studying the effect of biology on human behavior.

    12:06 AM - 18 Mar 2017
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      2. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 18 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        but what exactly do they hope to achieve by proving this? to be racist? to be sexist? That's the problem I have

        10 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @kirtipatelmd

        What does Galileo hope to achieve by proving this? To undermine the church? That's the problem I have.

        2 replies 3 retweets 34 likes
      4. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        I can actually relate to wanting to know the cosmic order of things just out of intellectual curiosity and...

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @kirtipatelmd @paulg

        I understand that there are biological differences (e.g. in disease expression, etc) but...

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @kirtipatelmd @paulg

        do you see that these studies on biological differences are most cited by ppl who are racist & sexist to justify inequality?

        6 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      7. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @kirtipatelmd @paulg

        just look at the feeds/likes of the RT'ers...often that's the only thing they obsessively tweet about, feminists & other "snowflakes"

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      8. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @kirtipatelmd @paulg

        this is why your tweets on this subject are disconcerting...I thought you were all abt entrepreneurship, hard work, persistence?

        3 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      9. Kirti Patel, MD‏ @kirtipatelmd 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @kirtipatelmd @paulg

        what is your default to explain the world? Is it our efforts or is it our biology?

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 18 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        constantly

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      3. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 18 Mar 2017
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      4. Thaddee Tyl‏ @espadrine 18 Mar 2017
        Replying to @CTZN5

        Why would you count in those growing in the same household? Too many shared factors. And still, a correlation of 0.5 is awfully low.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 18 Mar 2017
        Replying to @espadrine

        no, a correlation of 0 is low

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      6. Thaddee Tyl‏ @espadrine 18 Mar 2017
        Replying to @CTZN5

        You didn't answer my question. And 0.5 is still awfully low.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 18 Mar 2017
        Replying to @espadrine

        the fact that there's a difference would seem to indicate it's a worthy factor to track

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      8. Thaddee Tyl‏ @espadrine 18 Mar 2017
        Replying to @CTZN5

        For what purpose?

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      1. Daniel Mendes‏ @3CKSTR 18 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        but is anyone apart from classical economists saying there is no effect? strange tweet.

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      1. Lance Murdoch‏ @LanceMurdoc 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Behold, the epitome of the modern biological Aryan übermensch - pudgy, mumbling, middle-aged capitalist parasite Paul Graham!

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      1. Eric Scrivner‏ @etscrivner 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        plausibly because it taps into the natural horror that we might be the thing played rather than the player.

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      1. Alrenous‏ @Alrenous 20 Mar 2017
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        The difference being Galileo was a massive asshole who deserved worse than he got.

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