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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 14 May 2019
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    Need some crowdsourcing help compiling a list of the most interesting *genuine* online beefs (ie not staged kayfabe). Especially somewhat long-running ones, and outside of entertainment celeb culture. X vs. Y over Z format. Example, Taleb vs. Pinker over violence statistics.

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    • Corn Woman 🌽 tonyday567 productite Bill Waker Rahul Ramchandani Sumit Katyal Stefan Urquelle infinitesimal Burak Yenigun
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      1. TheKman‏ @TheRedKman 14 May 2019
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        Vox Day versus John Scalzi - over Scalzi calling Vox names and Vox insulting his shitty writing. It gets personal very quickly and it's probably still on.https://www.mhpbooks.com/theodore-beale-aka-vox-day-aka-johan-beale-trolls-john-scalzi-has-too-many-aliases/ …

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      1. David Manheim‏ @davidmanheim 14 May 2019
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        Taleb v. Pinker was the example I immediately thought of, but I'd add the Elon Musk v. Pinker debate on whether AI is a risk:https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/01/elon-musk-responds-to-harvard-professor-steven-pinkers-a-i-comments.html …

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      2. mrgunn‏ @mrgunn 14 May 2019
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        @StatModeling vs @yudapearl on causal inference is a recent one https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/01/08/book-pearl-mackenzie/ …

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      3. Judea Pearl‏ @yudapearl 14 May 2019
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        1.8.19 @11:59pm – Gelman’s review of #Bookofwhy should be of interest because it represents an attitude that paralyzes wide circles of statistical researchers. My reaction is now posted on https://bit.ly/2H3BH3b  Related posts: https://ucla.in/2sgzkPZ  and https://ucla.in/2v72QK5 

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      2. αlpha-Minus‏ @AlphaMinus2 14 May 2019
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        Gary Taubes vs Stephan Guyenet on the impact of sugar and carbs on health JRE link attached (Somewhat hard to watch):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA3QavPp1Ho …

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      3. αlpha-Minus‏ @AlphaMinus2 14 May 2019
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        Shorter write up of the debate:https://www.biolayne.com/articles/research/science-stories-and-side-stepping-the-stephan-guyenet-vs-gary-taubes-debate/ …

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      1. fried‏ @fried 14 May 2019
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        @ggreenwald and @SamHarrisOrg over islamophobia

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      1. productite‏ @productite 14 May 2019
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        Difficult because many times due to butthurt, tweets get deleted Would really like something like this though. Taleb beefs are like UFC PPVs for mehttps://twitter.com/productite/status/1106712484591730688?s=21 …

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        Nassim Taleb’s IQ rant was like Khabib vs McGregor for this corner of Twitter. Would gladly pay money if I could witness more intellectual battles that rile up emotions on both sides.
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      1. Nate Lounsbury‏ @nate_lounsbury 14 May 2019
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        Taleb vs Nate Silver? Or the whole IQ debate (this seems to include multiple actors)

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      2. Gleb Posobin‏ @posobin 14 May 2019
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        Do you have a link?

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