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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 9 Sep 2017

    Genetics, Fear, and the Slippery Slope of Moral Authoritarianism http://quillette.com/2017/09/06/genetics-fear-slippery-slope-moral-authoritarianism/ … via @QuilletteM

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      2. Darren Doesn't Write Much‏ @Darren_B_Lane 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Ordinary people have this picture of academics sitting in rooms discussing which data must be suppressed because it doesn't fit a narrative.

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      3. Darren Doesn't Write Much‏ @Darren_B_Lane 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Darren_B_Lane @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Time and again, it's revealed that this is actually what happens...followed by shock that the ignorant unwashed don't trust their expertise.

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      4. Darren Doesn't Write Much‏ @Darren_B_Lane 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Darren_B_Lane @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Bending truth to fit a narrative or to signal virtue should be THE unforgivable sin for someone who calls themself a scientist.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      5. szspagna‏ @szspagna 14 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Darren_B_Lane @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Not just narrative. Did an astrobiology internship and mentor said our mixed results could be "massaged". Research is a joke.

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      1. space donkey‏ @peaceprone 11 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        yoko ono rules the universe

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      1. Garth Kroeker‏ @DrGarthK 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        I like the style and ideas in this well-written essay, but I think some simpler writing about this would reach and inspire more people.

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      1. Moe 🦋Rasmussen 🐾 🏖‏ @RasmussenMoe 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        This is a great read.

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      1. Robert Wolff‏ @sp3orbital 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        The truth about genetics will not be stopped. No matter how awkward or embarrassing.

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      1. Sean Jason Webb‏ @SeanJasonWebb 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        I love Steven Pinker. Not like that. More admiration. Dude stop making this weird.

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      2. Pumpk[ev]in  🎃 Pels‏ @kcpels 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        A whiny aggrieved essay about how the author isn't racist is supposed to convince that James Damore did nothing wrong?

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      3. Jonathon Koele‏ @jaykoele 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @kcpels @sapinker @QuilletteM

        How is it whiny or aggrieved? Even if it is, how does that change the message. Only interested in shaming? 5-th memory, I think.

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      4. Pumpk[ev]in  🎃 Pels‏ @kcpels 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @jaykoele @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Perhaps you missed the grievance list at the beginning. The message is that Damore shouldn't have been fired and he had a point. I disagree.

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      5. Jonathon Koele‏ @jaykoele 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @kcpels @sapinker @QuilletteM

        care to explain why as opposed to criticizing the article's tone, then? Also, that was not the larger message of the article, just evidence

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      6. Pumpk[ev]in  🎃 Pels‏ @kcpels 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @jaykoele @sapinker @QuilletteM

        My dude, the Damore BS went down over a month ago. Why are we still talking about this clown?http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/2017/08/13/damores-pseudoscientific-google-manifesto-is-a-better-evidence-for-sexism-than-it-is-for-intellectual-sex-differences/ …

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      7. Jonathon Koele‏ @jaykoele 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @kcpels @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Too much to say, too little space. PM me if you care to continue, but you're sort of reinforcing the point made in the article.

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      8. Pumpk[ev]in  🎃 Pels‏ @kcpels 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @jaykoele @sapinker @QuilletteM

        The point is disingenuous

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      9. Jonathon Koele‏ @jaykoele 10 Sep 2017
        Replying to @kcpels @sapinker @QuilletteM

        How so? The idea that people can't discuss something has been proven real by people like James Damore, not that i agree with him 100%

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      1. Love and War‏ @train0fthoughts 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @FriedrichHayek @QuilletteM

        "Moral Authoritarianism" is only a problem when it's counterfeit.

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      1. Troy Blackford‏ @TBlackford3 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        An interesting read with good ideas but one can't help but think a read of "The Sense of Style' and at least one more draft would benefit it

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      1. Eric Seaholm‏ @seaholm 9 Sep 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        This way forward is a long haul, and a worthy one

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