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In one fell swoop, Nate tries to redefine political alignments in order to artificially distance himself from a concept he personally dislikes (“wokeness”). Hi
by AequitasOmnibus 3y ago
In one fell swoop, Nate tries to redefine political alignments in order to artificially distance himself from a concept he personally dislikes (“wokeness”).
His statistical analysis is a fun way to follow political horse racing (even if his models aren’t perfect) but this post is the chef’s kiss of ham-fisted amateur political science. Appreciate the earnestness, but can’t agree with basically any of his unsourced “theory.”
- bomewish 3y agoWould sprinkling on some citations of academic books magically confer authority somehow? Feels like really the wrong model.
- RugnirViking 3y agosourcing isn't about the presence or not of a [3] next to your wild claims it's about having engaged with work other people have done on the subject. Like, actually read and understood other people's ideas. You can really tell the difference between someone who just googled things to support whatever they wanted to say vs someone who is straight out the gate with "there are three prevailing schools of thought on this issue; the first, characterized by xyz, posits that abc" and so on
- gnicholas 3y agoYou think that Nate Silver used Google to find out about the American political landscape? Don't you think that the many years he spent working in a field where he learned a lot about American politics would have made him pretty well-informed on the topic?
- uoaei 3y agoThe question is, which perspectives did he expose himself to during that time, and what did he conclude from those inquiries? Data is easy; interpretation is hard. It's not enough to say he had an accurate model, it has to be reasonable, too.
- evv555 3y agoIn critical theory liberalism is synonymous with colonialism, capitalism, and all the other isms that are meant to be deconstructed. The antagonism is a core component of postmodernism.