Hi,
Unfortunately, this is not just about 'virtue signalling and posturing'.
It is (also) part of a political project - about banning certain words
so that any statement that contains them can be rejected as tainted or
evil without having to look at what it actually says. A Newspeak, basically.
Happy new year,
Rasmus Fogh
On 26/12/2019 18:46, Bernhard Rupp wrote:
Hi Fellows - here some light Holiday entertainment (and puzzle) for you:
Remember my thanksgiving posting below? Meant as a hoax or satire, it follows
the
classical pattern of throwing postmodern Critical Theory gibberish and Social
Justice key words
(successfully deployed by Alan Sokal)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair
onto an out-of-context situation with the purpose of virtue signaling and
posturing on moral high ground.
Well, we just got outdone by a letter in our favorite vanity magazine, Nature:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03781-0
The parallels are fascinating and it exactly follows the recipe developed above:
" throwing postmodern Critical Theory gibberish and Social Justice key words
onto an out-of-context situation
with the purpose to signal virtue and to opportunity for posturing on moral high
ground"
Now - is this comment (a) meant serious or (b) another successful
Sokal-Turkey-type hoax?
Cheers, BR
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It has come to our attention that on this bulletin board insensitive and
hurtful comments have
been made towards animals with disability. Particularly concerning is the
display of white privilege
and racial bias towards a minority individual given that the turkey is also
referred to in German as 'Indian'.
In view of this non-inclusive and divisive display of unwokeness, the faculty
Bias Response Team
will contact you shortly and allow you to present your self-critique.
We want this board to remain a safe zone inclusive of all animals, complete or not.
Stuffed, BR
-----Original Message-----
From: CCP4 bulletin board <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jurgen Bosch
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2019 13:51
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Xray-dataset usable despite low completeness ?
Think of completeness with an analogy to turkey.
Say you happen to find a one-legged turkey (incomplete by conventional
standard) you could still stuff it and put it in the oven and enjoy 93% of the
turkey. The 7% missing, who cares? Other than I like both legs of the turkey :-)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone
Jürgen
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