@ctbeiser @KevinSimler Stephenson argues that in Diamond Age but it is not really true. Language policing constrains rather than specifies
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@vgr@KevinSimler a distinction without a difference. If you can constrain to a small enough set of options, you can specify.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@ctbeiser@KevinSimler Not really. Constraining to a subcritical space where arms race of policing/dogwhistling makes society non-functional1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@KevinSimler@ctbeiser The point is, nuclear enforcement against slip-ups does not scale. They're already seeing their limits (Tim Hunt eg)3 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@vgr@KevinSimler It does scale. That's how preference falsification works.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ctbeiser@KevinSimler Preference falsification is not the same thing as exercised power or complete control.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@KevinSimler@ctbeiser They got him out of UCL, sentiment swung in his favor, UCL lost more brand equity than Tim Hunt himself. Pyrrhic.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@vgr@KevinSimler Not sure that's quite a pyrrhic victory— lay-protestors of Hunt lost much less reputation than UCL.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@ctbeiser @KevinSimler I certainly think that woman who originally misreported conversation is now a pariah outside her small world
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