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Sorry, didn't actually see any scientific criticisms or questions in any of your replies; just your "sincere" request for more information, which I gave you. Yo

Sorry, didn't actually see any scientific criticisms or questions in any of your replies; just your "sincere" request for more information, which I gave you. You just don't seem interested in learning more.

ciarannolan 6y ago
There weren't any. I am criticizing the nasty tone you took from the outset in assuming I am not sincere, which is wrong. I'm not a biologist, so I obviously could have missed something in that blog post. But, I shared my impression of it nonetheless, since this is a board for discussion. I know what it's like to achieve an extremely high level of expertise in a narrow field; I've done it myself. It forever blinds you to the way a novice sees the same field. If you've ever wondered why there's increasing skepticism of academia, you should read your comments again. They are nasty, sarcastic, and dismissive. I'll paste this one more time because I think you need to seriously consider that you are exhibiting exactly the behavior that you're accusing others of: >[...] have a viewpoint that is set in stone, hold their nose, and think an entire community is really stupid and politically correct.
- skosuri 6y ago
  I wasn't being sarcastic. I was saying that if you are actually sincere, and I was hopeful you were, I said to to take the time to read the blog post (knowing it was long); they go through great lengths to explain to people not in the field what the issues with work like Hsu's. It wasn't meant to be mean. You dismissed it, failed to try to understand it, and were incredibly inconsiderate calling it long and rambling. This is when my tone changed, and in my opinion deservedly so. It indicated to me you were being insincere about spending the time to learn more. Considering how many racist trolls I deal with that do this kind of thing often, your dismissiveness made me think you weren't actually interested in learning more. I gave my information, pointed to the things that you were misunderstanding in that blog, and offered if you have scientific questions, I am happy to take more time to try to answer them. That offer still stands.

ciarannolan 6y ago

There weren't any. I am criticizing the nasty tone you took from the outset in assuming I am not sincere, which is wrong. I'm not a biologist, so I obviously could have missed something in that blog post. But, I shared my impression of it nonetheless, since this is a board for discussion. I know what it's like to achieve an extremely high level of expertise in a narrow field; I've done it myself. It forever blinds you to the way a novice sees the same field. If you've ever wondered why there's increasing skepticism of academia, you should read your comments again. They are nasty, sarcastic, and dismissive. I'll paste this one more time because I think you need to seriously consider that you are exhibiting exactly the behavior that you're accusing others of: >[...] have a viewpoint that is set in stone, hold their nose, and think an entire community is really stupid and politically correct.

skosuri 6y ago
I wasn't being sarcastic. I was saying that if you are actually sincere, and I was hopeful you were, I said to to take the time to read the blog post (knowing it was long); they go through great lengths to explain to people not in the field what the issues with work like Hsu's. It wasn't meant to be mean. You dismissed it, failed to try to understand it, and were incredibly inconsiderate calling it long and rambling. This is when my tone changed, and in my opinion deservedly so. It indicated to me you were being insincere about spending the time to learn more. Considering how many racist trolls I deal with that do this kind of thing often, your dismissiveness made me think you weren't actually interested in learning more. I gave my information, pointed to the things that you were misunderstanding in that blog, and offered if you have scientific questions, I am happy to take more time to try to answer them. That offer still stands.