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Re:The Slow Death of the University by xmjee on Friday April 24, 2015 @01:37AM (#9431613)
University should be the one place where Crocker's rules apply to all participants BY VIRTUE OF THEIR SIGNING UP FOR UNIVERSITY.

http://sl4.org/crocker.html

If scientific facts (so-called "HateFacts", think Evolutionary Psychology) offend you, it's your problem really.

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Re:The Slow Death of the University by pjc50 on Friday April 24, 2015 @07:22AM (#9432503)
Evolutionary psychology should be careful about what it elevates to scientific "fact", because quite a lot of it as quoted by people seems to be just-so stories with no hard evidence.

The "interpretation of archeological artefacts" kind of science is a lot less durable than the "reproducible double-blind experiment" kind.

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Re:The Slow Death of the University by pfortuny on Friday April 24, 2015 @05:38AM (#9432194)
At the same time, if factual acts (like the teachings of a religion concerning human acts) offend you, it's your problem really.

The thing goes in all directions.

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