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as above so below

[X2008 @2008sean]

@Reuters @DewsNewz

[X2008 @2008sean]

@ojessie__ We all had pb&j for lunch.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@LegendaryEnergy It’s how they do it in Chicago. When aldermen die it’s handed done to some on in the family. The only people that can fill the role is a family member that knows too much.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@SenSanders We have to pay for all the other things YOU ALL have already spent.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@SenSanders Tax people. That will fix it.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@sam_d_1995 @zerohedge She’s an angry little elf

[X2008 @2008sean]

@DalaiLama This revolution of the mind is the way.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@nytimes Measles isn’t “just a U.S. problem.”

🇺🇸 USA: 2,318 cases, population ~343 million
🇨🇦 Canada: 1,042 cases, population ~41 million

Per capita, Canada’s reported rate is nearly 4 times higher.

[George Yancey @profyancey]

Given all the talk about viewpoint diversity and that I have published in the area of academic bias, I think I want to offer an extended comment. First, as to what viewpoint diversity means. I, and others, have produced evidence of political and religious discrimination in academia. It is not as some would say, “Well, I just do not want to hire someone who is a sexist or racist. The evidence shows that merely knowing someone is a Republican or an Evangelical will convince a nontrivial percentage of individuals that he or she should be hired. That is textbook discrimination where a person’s social identity in and of itself is the source of discrimination.

Second, this discrimination is part of what limits the scope of what we can study. Allow me one simple example. Since 2016, there has been a ton of research on white conservatives and Christians. The vast majority of it is critical of those groups, likely as they were the key to Trump’s victory. You know who we have not studied with a critical eye? White progressives. Oh, but those people are not bigots, right? How do you know that without studying them? Indeed, one of the knocks against conservatives is about how fearful they are, and yet I have a paper under review showing that progressives are more fearful than conservatives. Stop with the foolish – do we need to include the perspective of Nazis? Very real research questions are being left on the table because different perspectives have been shut down.

Third, when people are only surrounded by people who think like them, there is a strong tendency to be overconfident in their assessments. I am not saying there are no arguments in academia. I am saying that the scope of the arguments is so narrow because of what is not allowed. In my example above, it becomes easy to blame just about all the social conflict on white conservatives/Christians, which is what most of the work on these topics does. By all means, we need assessment with those groups, and perhaps they are more responsible for our social conflict than white progressives. But if they are not, or if the responsibility is relatively equal, it will be hard to see that in modern academia because nearly everyone agrees that the responsibility is mostly on the conservatives. Unless you put your argument into the fire for critique, you will not know whether you have a sound argument or not.

Fourth and finally, some have talked about how academics have made themselves vulnerable by pissing off half the country, and thus the resources that drive our work are at stake. That is a valid reason to consider as we look at viewpoint diversity. I prefer the other reasons given above since those are more centered morally and can lead to better science. However, if the practical reasons of stopping the threat of the cutting off of funds is what works, then so be it. Nonetheless, at the very least, more viewpoint diversity will better allow us to talk to the half of the country that voted for Trump (for the record, I have never voted for him nor will I ever vote for him). Even if you disagree with people, we have to learn how to communicate with them beyond dehumanizing stereotypes.

Anyway, that is my 2cents, well maybe a nickel, on the subject.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@nypost Half a pack, no big deal then

[X2008 @2008sean]

@ChrisMartzWX It’s Alaska. All their fault.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@simonateba You’re high if you think the immigrants don’t get federal subsidies.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@simonateba Be brutally honest, was that a red card :))

[X2008 @2008sean]

@DarrigoMelanie Non citizen vs citizen. It matters.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@mhdksafa Almost as much as politicians are looking out for the people they represent.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@SenSanders What about millionaire class? They used to be a talking point for you.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@RoKhanna @Cernovich Government has lost the trust of the people. First before more money you must be accountable for what you have taken. Then we can talk.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@C__Herridge It was made in chapel hill nc and transferred to wuhan. Details matter.

[X2008 @2008sean]

@CassandraRules @JackPosobiec @RobManess Neocons neoconing

[X2008 @2008sean]

@SenWarren When he stops paying that then who’s money do you spend?