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The lead author, Nicholas Christakis, is the man who was reviled by some students at Yale during the Halloween costume debacle: http://www.theatlantic.com/polit
by TheLarch 10y ago
The lead author, Nicholas Christakis, is the man who was reviled by some students at Yale during the Halloween costume debacle: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/the-new-intolerance-of-student-activism-at-yale/414810/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/the-new-....
- sliverstorm 10y agoI hope you're not suggesting that has any bearing on the quality of the paper?
- eric_h 10y agoI don't think there's any implication of that. It's just a nice piece of trivia.
- bmelton 10y agoFrom my reading, the article in question gives me a complimentary view of the author, and a less complimentary view of those who reviled him.
- TheLarch 10y agoNot sure if you are speculating that I am a supporter or detractor of his. My only impression of the man up until now was that I thought he and his wife conducted themselves with grace and forebearance during the Halloween fiasco. I find this research fascinating.
- eric_h 10y agoThanks for reposting that article. I swear I'm starting to feel like an old man "back in my day, vigorous intellectual disagreement and debate was the point of living on campus during college"
- kafkaesq 10y agoBack in my day, vigorous intellectual disagreement and debate was the point of living on campus during college Well they've sure fixed that, haven't they.
- TheLarch 10y agoI read Erica's infamous email without any knowledge of the situation, and only a vague impression that she was the wrong end of some campus non-event. The letter was so well-written and thoughtful! The key line, that she does not trust herself to police Halloween, was so effective. Then I watched the video of the children yelling and cursing at Nicholas. Yes, they fixed that all right.
- TheLarch 10y ago[TheLarch proffers curmudgeon fist bump]