On Saturday, June 17, 2023, at 2:05 AM, YKY (Yan King Yin, 甄景贤) wrote: > I don't know what you're sorry about. You said sometimes people hide > pejorative meanings under objective guises. And then you cite the Bell Curve > as an example of scholarship being attacked because it hurts the fragile > sensibilities of disadvantaged groups. Which side are you on?
See this old thread for illumination: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/T234cfbcefa1d1d24-Mb2bf222ff17416360af74769/my-state-of-mind James Bowery is a racist, i.e. someone who believes that certain races are inherently superior to others and that he should be allowed to let this affect his personal decision-making, instead of considering everyone on a strictly individual basis. That's the subtext behind all his harping on the "macrosocial model selection criterion"; he thinks that if only we did science in the particular way he favors, we could prove the truth of his social theory that says whites are naturally inclined to better morals. And then maybe we would let him have his "allocation of territory" where he can put this theory into practice and be insulated from all the scary non-white people. But being *called* a racist hurts his widdle feelings; he thinks he doesn't deserve it because he's ... not genocidal, or something. The term "racist" is what he's complaining about, he thinks *that's* a pejorative. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Te3d0dad0e74ec301-Mb0520acf2dec1218592a315e Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
