Jennifer Hane just provided a perfect example of what I refer to as "the sleazy moral zeitgeist".
On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 8:58 AM WriterOfMinds <jennifer.hane....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Saturday, June 17, 2023, at 2:05 AM, YKY (Yan King Yin, 甄景贤) wrote: > > I don't know what you're sorry about. You said sometimes people hide > pejorative meanings under objective guises. And then you cite the Bell > Curve as an example of scholarship being attacked because it hurts the > fragile sensibilities of disadvantaged groups. Which side are you on? > > > See this old thread for illumination: > https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T234cfbcefa1d1d24-Mb2bf222ff17416360af74769/my-state-of-mind > > James Bowery is a racist, i.e. someone who believes that certain races are > inherently superior to others and that he should be allowed to let this > affect his personal decision-making, instead of considering everyone on a > strictly individual basis. That's the subtext behind all his harping on the > "macrosocial model selection criterion"; he thinks that if only we did > science in the particular way he favors, we could prove the truth of his > social theory that says whites are naturally inclined to better morals. And > then maybe we would let him have his "allocation of territory" where he can > put this theory into practice and be insulated from all the scary non-white > people. But being *called* a racist hurts his widdle feelings; he thinks he > doesn't deserve it because he's ... not genocidal, or something. The term > "racist" is what he's complaining about, he thinks *that's* a pejorative. > *Artificial General Intelligence List <https://agi.topicbox.com/latest>* > / AGI / see discussions <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi> + > participants <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/members> + > delivery options <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription> > Permalink > <https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Te3d0dad0e74ec301-Mb0520acf2dec1218592a315e> > ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Te3d0dad0e74ec301-M88dd15aa450f034b68147e57 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
