@robinhanson if you want to understand why people consistently get upset at you, I think this thread nails the core of it.
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You said don't talk about sex unless you are in a sociology dept dominated by women. That's way too strong a restriction.
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That's *one* example of how you could add risk commensurate to the potential fallouts of your thinking here. There might be many other ways. For example: just do this as a paper, not on blog+twitter. Or run it by a female economist colleague first.
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I am absolutely fine with anybody studying anything. Just don't expect me to hold them all to the same standards. I adjust my expectations and standards based on demonstrated care and visible risk to the thinker.
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Where VR lost this: Hanson as prominent white male academic. He's an outlier. A weirdo gadfly. We have plenty of room for white male weirdo gadflies. If VR doesn't like it, he can pound sand.
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