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And when finally you get out of your precarious post-doctoral status, entering your first permanent academic position... well, let's say it's not worse, but it's not necessarily be…

This. Somehow I was expecting the implementation of mechanics to be the easy bit, compared to high-level strategic planning and tactics. Curious to see whether these will emerge by…

On point, thanks.

His "theories" have been destroyed for decades. It's always the same old shit. We are tired of it. If you don't even have the decency to document yourself before blurting out such …

> "You may agree with the manifesto author or not, but his thought were articulate. He provided evidence for his theories and at no point was he needlessly insulting to anyone. " N…

He wasn't shamed into silence, he was invited to blurt out his poison on non-Google territory. He wasn't chastised, or sued, or anything else. Unlike all the people victim of the k…

Here is an "intellectual debate" for you: hairdressers are a danger to society and should be exterminated. Why don't you want to have it? Why censoring a potentially valid viewpoin…

> "for this person to be personally ruined, expelled from society, terminated from their job and forever vilified as an outcast" Lol. He is fine. He got fired from one job, will fi…

It is not how the US handled the Civil Rights Movement: MLK was called a terrorist. Neither is it how the apartheid was taken on in South Africa. Or any major social improvement: s…

> "Companies don’t have viewpoints." They do. Not reacting would have been an endorsement. Many would want to think that these issues are apolitical, or scientific, or anything "ne…

Where exactly does the author blame "ordinary Americans"? A certain form of "ordinary American spirit" is at fault in their eyes, for sure. Education and cultural experiences, or m…

The piece is stating the obvious, and the reactions in this thread -- predictably -- prove the author's point. Expatriation, even temporary, has so many benefits. I'd be curious to…