The bias is real, as many of us know, but if enough faculty stop being fearful, the social norm against honesty will get a 'hard reset'
Great piece by @jmrphy: Why academics should stop self-censoring & say what they really believe online @HdxAcademy
http://jmrphy.net/blog/2017/06/20/the-affective-politics-of-keeping-it-real/ …pic.twitter.com/WEQnZ3Y7sI
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And like publishing blasphemous cartoons, the more people that do it the less risky it will become
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Exactly. It's a matter of coordinating on a new Schelling point: consensual courage instead of consensual self-censorship.
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I'm an accidental, and independent theoretical scientist. From what I have seen I think this is about right. Are you three all 'academics'?
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And when people say what they believe and back it with decent evidence, we should support them, even if we don't necessarily agree!
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Not really. He excludes views classified as racist without explaining that category, which is the main cause of self-censorship.
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That's a good point. Just trying to say that if you love Hitler then speaking up might admittedly hurt your prospects. :-)
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anyone who covets the "rewards" offered by academy for intellectual suicide deserves their fate Nietzsche's slave revolt
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