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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1.8.19 :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 bit.ly/2H3BH3b Related posts:
ucla.in/2sgzkPZ and ucla.in/2v72QK5
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Can an "online beef" be *genuine*?
I'd say that any beef that let's each party strengthen their brand (a la Taleb v Pinker), is not genuine.
I posit that "beefs" are bullshit by design.
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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: cnbc.com/2018/03/01/elo
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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 me
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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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Gary Taubes vs Stephan Guyenet on the impact of sugar and carbs on health
JRE link attached (Somewhat hard to watch):
youtube.com/watch?v=vA3Qav
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It's not a 'beef' exactly, but there are some very old online communities which have thrown up definitional moats around what they do and don't consider to be in their purview, and have had unceasing waves of butthurt argument directed at them for it. 1/2
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Taleb vs Nate Silver? Or the whole IQ debate (this seems to include multiple actors)
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