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Given what they are trying to do to Scott Alexander, it's hard to take NYT's reporting angle seriously.
by creaghpatr 6y ago
Given what they are trying to do to Scott Alexander, it's hard to take NYT's reporting angle seriously.
- slavapestov 6y agoI’ve never read “Slate Star Codec” and I didn’t even hear about it until this week but I’m guessing it’s a blog about James Damore-style biological determinism. Can someone explain why this kind of material is so popular with San Francisco app developers?
- EForEndeavour 6y agoIf you were going to comment on the general style of the blog, why wouldn't you take any time at all to gather data beyond literally "guessing"? What does this guess-based comment actually add?
- umanwizard 6y agoYour guess is wrong
- jp_sc 6y ago1. You are guessing wrong. The blog wasn't about that and Damore said nothing about "determinism" just "average preference". 2. You seem to be under the impression that this site is visited by "San Francisco app developers" and you.
- manuelabeledo 6y agoYes, it does indeed have some articles about that, but more focused on race and upbringing than gender. > Can someone explain why this kind of material is so popular with San Francisco app developers? It is not. But for those who identify themselves as "libertarians", it is definitely appealing to think that nothing but themselves have influenced in their success, of which being a highly paid engineer is part.
- whatshisface 6y agoScott writes long thinkpeices about things like SSRI effectiveness and the role of neutrality and enlightenment values in healing America's cultural divide. As far as we know the NYT was not even planning to knife him, the issue is that they want to threaten his patient-doctor relationships by publishing his full name in a place where his mental patients could read it. (He's a practicing psychiatrist with hundreds of patients.)
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