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I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns.

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    1. Free-quent Flyer‏ @FreequentFlyr 26 Mar 2017
      Replying to @FreequentFlyr @slatestarcodex

      When he's arguing again US intervention in WW2? The flip side of that is that it's impossible to take Charles Murray's research on IQ

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    2. Free-quent Flyer‏ @FreequentFlyr 26 Mar 2017
      Replying to @FreequentFlyr @slatestarcodex

      seriously if you don't know in advance that he views race as a genetically-coded trait passed down through generations.

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    3. Free-quent Flyer‏ @FreequentFlyr 26 Mar 2017
      Replying to @FreequentFlyr @slatestarcodex

      My view is that you cannot evaluate someone's data or criticism if you do not know that person's motivations.

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    4. Free-quent Flyer‏ @FreequentFlyr 26 Mar 2017
      Replying to @FreequentFlyr @slatestarcodex

      Your view seems to be that sufficiently formalized rules of evidentiary proof make someone's particular views irrelevant. I disagree.

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    5. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 26 Mar 2017
      Replying to @FreequentFlyr

      Wait. With the Murray example, say you interpret his views on IQ differently if you know he believes in race. But does (cont)

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    6. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 26 Mar 2017
      Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr

      it help if he says outright "I believe in race"? It sounds like if he doesn't say anything you're reluctant to engage (cont)

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    7. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 26 Mar 2017
      Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr

      ..because you merely suspect he might be racist. If he says "I'm racist", how does that make things better rather than worse?

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    8. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 26 Mar 2017
      Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr

      If you're not going to engage racists, no point in him admitting. And if you will engage them, why do you care if he is one?

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    9. Free-quent Flyer‏ @FreequentFlyr 26 Mar 2017
      Replying to @slatestarcodex

      Right I am juxtaposing two hard cases. Lindberg has multiple relevant policy views while Murray has no relevant policy views but underlying

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    10. Free-quent Flyer‏ @FreequentFlyr 26 Mar 2017
      Replying to @FreequentFlyr @slatestarcodex

      beliefs which color his research.

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      Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 26 Mar 2017
      Replying to @FreequentFlyr

      I'm still confused, can you explain further?

      1:13 PM - 26 Mar 2017
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        2. Free-quent Flyer‏ @FreequentFlyr 26 Mar 2017
          Replying to @slatestarcodex

          To reset this, and in the spirit of my original tweet, let me state the strongest form of my argument:

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        3. Free-quent Flyer‏ @FreequentFlyr 26 Mar 2017
          Replying to @FreequentFlyr @slatestarcodex

          OB Twitter treats biases as so strongly coloring arguments that they demand a radical rethinking of the terms of debate in order to minimize

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        4. Free-quent Flyer‏ @FreequentFlyr 26 Mar 2017
          Replying to @FreequentFlyr @slatestarcodex

          the role biases play in decision making. I, sensibly, think that biases so strongly color arguments that any attempt to eliminate them is

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        5. Free-quent Flyer‏ @FreequentFlyr 26 Mar 2017
          Replying to @FreequentFlyr @slatestarcodex

          doomed to fail, and productive argumentation requires forthrightly admitting your policy preferences so your arguments can be fairly weighed

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        6. Free-quent Flyer‏ @FreequentFlyr 26 Mar 2017
          Replying to @FreequentFlyr @slatestarcodex

          There are corner cases, but debating the minimum wage without saying whether you think wages should be higher seems insane to me.

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        7. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 26 Mar 2017
          Replying to @FreequentFlyr

          My position: I'm not averse to stating views outright, & I wear most of my views on my sleeve (...)

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        8. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 26 Mar 2017
          Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr

          But I admit I still don't get why you think stating your position explicitly is so important. (...)

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        9. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 26 Mar 2017
          Replying to @slatestarcodex @FreequentFlyr

          Everyone is biased and we're not going to change that any time soon. (...)

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