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Scott Alexander

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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. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @slatestarcodex @mattyglesias @johndbro1

      On fifth thing, I agree Vox found ppl who disagree with him, but he represents majority scientific position. See eghttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804158/ …

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    2. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @slatestarcodex @mattyglesias @johndbro1

      perhaps people who are very interested in racial IQ differences and devote their career to them have certain biases that affect their work?

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    3. Timofey Pnin‏ @pnin1957 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @mtsw @slatestarcodex and

      Few of those surveyed have defended hereditarian views in publications. There's long been this weird public-private discrepancy in the field

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    4. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @pnin1957 @slatestarcodex and

      again, people who choose to work in this particular field are not a random sample of scientists and intellectuals

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    5. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @mtsw @pnin1957 and

      That's exactly what global warming denialists say about climatologists.Heck, could be applied to any field.

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    6. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @slatestarcodex @pnin1957 and

      i dont really accept that equivalency but there are some commonalities between the debates that even a dummy like me can see

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    7. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @mtsw @pnin1957 and

      This is why I'm so concerned. It seems like "trust scientific consensus, don't deny science" only applies when people like the results.

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    8. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @slatestarcodex @pnin1957 and

      to me, and this is my dummy opinion but here goes, climate gets a pass because the mechanism behind the warming...

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    9. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @mtsw @slatestarcodex and

      ... (greenhouse effect caused by increased CO2 in atmosphere) is obviously correct which means the models dont really need to prove it

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    10. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @mtsw @slatestarcodex and

      whereas the underlying mechanism by which black people are supposedly stupider doesnt have a good or coherent explanation

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      Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 May 2017
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      Replying to @mtsw @pnin1957 and

      What do you mean by "explanation"? Does the mechanism where Irish people have more red hair have a "good explanation"?

      2:44 PM - 18 May 2017
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        2. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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          Replying to @slatestarcodex @pnin1957 and

          we understand very clearly which genes cause irish people to have red hair and we have good theories as to why they were selected

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        3. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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          Replying to @mtsw @slatestarcodex and

          our ideas about intelligence are a lot less good!

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        2. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 18 May 2017
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          Replying to @slatestarcodex @mtsw and

          If you're asking for the exact evolutionary pressures, various proposals including adaptation to > parasite load in tropics.

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        3. Michael Tae Sweeney‏ @mtsw 18 May 2017
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          Replying to @slatestarcodex @pnin1957 and

          ive heard that one and confess to not knowing all the ins and outs of it but it seems like some post-hoc shit to me

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