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But... people can move? I live in New York because it's where I can get a one-person home in a walkable neighborhood with good transit. If I could get that in

by geofft 6y ago

But... people can move? I live in New York because it's where I can get a one-person home in a walkable neighborhood with good transit. If I could get that in a suburb, I'd be happy to live somewhere cheaper! What is so offensive about saying that people like me exist in large numbers? Also... the point of academics is to study and report on things they're not personally involved with? The article specifically talks about how these changes are already happening, driven by actual residents of the suburbs, and the academics found that there was little awareness of them and wanted to make more people aware of it.

IG_Semmelweiss 6y ago
With respect to moving, shouldn't the burden of changing something to presumably make something better, fall on people willing to take a risk, though ? There is nothing offensive with you moving, yet the point of what is offensive was better explained by user theNJR >>> the point of academics is to study and report on things they're not personally involved with? This is right if we make distinctions on scientists vs academics. Academics opine on things with no risk to themselves and usually what they report is a test that cannot be reproduced scientifically. Scientists present facts on which they personally have a stake on (for example, a microbiologist studying a dangerous bacteria; a chemist trying not to accidentally blow up, etc) . To your point, you are correct RE: academic reporting. My argument is that maybe we should listen with a high degree of skepticism when such people talk. It doesn't completely invalidate any report (although in this example, there's no data to back assertions) , but as with most things from academics go, they are usually not testable, so. (What people say and people do are different things)

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But... people can move? I live in New York because it's where I can get a one-person home in a walkable neighborhood with good transit. If I could get that in

by geofft 6y ago

IG_Semmelweiss 6y ago
With respect to moving, shouldn't the burden of changing something to presumably make something better, fall on people willing to take a risk, though ? There is nothing offensive with you moving, yet the point of what is offensive was better explained by user theNJR >>> the point of academics is to study and report on things they're not personally involved with? This is right if we make distinctions on scientists vs academics. Academics opine on things with no risk to themselves and usually what they report is a test that cannot be reproduced scientifically. Scientists present facts on which they personally have a stake on (for example, a microbiologist studying a dangerous bacteria; a chemist trying not to accidentally blow up, etc) . To your point, you are correct RE: academic reporting. My argument is that maybe we should listen with a high degree of skepticism when such people talk. It doesn't completely invalidate any report (although in this example, there's no data to back assertions) , but as with most things from academics go, they are usually not testable, so. (What people say and people do are different things)