Re:Harvard professor Francesca Gino was accused of faking data
by vkou on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:25PM
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> 'Orthodox' is an interesting qualifier here
It's a necessary qualifier, because we're not talking about some niche five-person ideology or group that hasn't actually been tested by time, or one that I can evaluate.
> But saying that is more a comment on the fraught history of humanity, rather than an agreement on the more reductive or banal point you want to be making here.
No, it's a comment that most structures of thought and reasoning are not actually a guardrail that will protect you against poor behaviour, and that in itself, without specifics, it's a poor criticism to level against a type of thinking, or an idea.
You can criticize the specifics of the problems of Dawkins, but it's a cheap, parting shot to just say 'Well, Dawkins is compatible with horrible things', without elaborating further. Almost everything is compatible with horrible things!
It's a necessary qualifier, because we're not talking about some niche five-person ideology or group that hasn't actually been tested by time, or one that I can evaluate.
> But saying that is more a comment on the fraught history of humanity, rather than an agreement on the more reductive or banal point you want to be making here.
No, it's a comment that most structures of thought and reasoning are not actually a guardrail that will protect you against poor behaviour, and that in itself, without specifics, it's a poor criticism to level against a type of thinking, or an idea.
You can criticize the specifics of the problems of Dawkins, but it's a cheap, parting shot to just say 'Well, Dawkins is compatible with horrible things', without elaborating further. Almost everything is compatible with horrible things!