From: M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 00:31:38 +0000 (-0800) Subject: "Cachebusters" X-Git-Url: http://534655.efjtl6rk.asia/source?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7bce8be1b6c1d2d4e667b27c7a5e71fbebf0a390;p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git "Cachebusters" --- diff --git a/content/2017/cachebusters.md b/content/2017/cachebusters.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0019416 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/2017/cachebusters.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Title: Cachebusters +Date: 2017-03-04 16:26 +Category: other +Tags: cathartic, politics + +"So, I _agree_ that there's a potential for public discussion of certain theories in psychology to have harmful social consequences, and I agree that we should take that into account when deciding whether to discuss something publicly. + +"However, I also think it's important to be _specific_ about the putatively-harmful social consequences you're afraid of, rather than just accepting the [Blue Tribe's](https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/) [cached thought](http://lesswrong.com/lw/k5/cached_thoughts/) that all discussion of group differences is _ipso facto_ harmful. + +"If the _specific_ thing you're worried about is something like, 'Well, maybe the Red Tribe will win an [election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_elections,_2016) and then they'll use their power to do _bad things_,' well, guess what? It's _[morning in America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_in_America), motherfuckers!_"