And this shouldn’t need saying but apparently does. The more powerful you are, the more extreme care you need to take because your casual speculative tweeting could cascade into ill-considered action a few degrees away. Think longer per tweet the more powerful you are.
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I tried to write about this same vein of thought a while back, albeit more narrowly-constrained.https://dispatches.artifexdeus.com/what-is-your-political-loss-function-a32749c5c37f …
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This elaborate justification for treating particular "meltdown" research topics/public debates on empirical matters as untouchable third rails for those not credibly claiming underdog status is pernicious in that its asymmetric application creates systemic policy biases (risk!).
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This is a helpful model which I hadn't heard before. Thanks.
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That’s because I just made it up

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Interesting thread. I have 2 questions. 1) would you then say that the "requirements" are different if you want to study cognitive differences between genders whether you are a man or a woman?
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2) would you say that the is/ought problem though valid in theory is moot in cases like this because of the little social control someone who is making a fact judgment has on the value judgment of others?
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I don't get this thread, basically for two reasons: 1- No attempt to distinguish normative from descriptive claims. Not sure you even thought about this. What the hell does it mean to "screw up"? If a researcher finds a real IQ diff between sexes, is that "screwing up"?
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Or only if he/she derives some normative claim that doesn't follow? 2- It seems to assume the inevitability of "bad results". E.g. that if we find a real racial difference then bad things are going to happen. You take that for granted but it is not obvious at all.
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