(This is, incidentally, one reason I associate them with the political right)
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Replying to @FreequentFlyr @slatestarcodex
Instead of having arguments over object-level issues and values, we have an "objectively" framed language of condescension.
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Replying to @FreequentFlyr @slatestarcodex
After all, if I'm just virtue signaling by opposing the travel ban, who cares if it's a good idea or not?
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That's 1 reason I dislike term "virtue signaling". If abolitionists "virtue signalled", who cares? They ended slavery anyway!
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr
My impression is that when things are issues important to millions, that makes scholarship more, not less, important.
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr
I am a doctor. Medical culture is "get your reasoning exactly right, because people will die if you don't". I think it works.
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr
There are countless stories of someone slightly screwing up a study, and then thousands of people get wrong drug and die.
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr
After that happens a few dozen times, you start to get really paranoid/careful about your reasoning.
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr
I would like to see that level of caution / being-impressed-with-importance-of-the-issue in politics as well.
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr
I realize that politics is more complicated than a simple study, but for me that suggests more need for caution, not less.
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Eg Paul Ryan refusing to run ACHA by CBO seems insane to me. Millions of ppl affected, and you can't wait for full analysis?
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Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr
We need more CBO-like things, *better* CBO-like things, and more willingness to run things by them before rushing forward.
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