Spadge Vernacular
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If he can read let's hope he eventually stumbles across Operation Denver.
Current Affairs Culture wars & The rise of grifting
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If he can read let's hope he eventually stumbles across Operation Denver.
That was a nice piece. I’ve seen Hancock say before he’d bottled doing this but didn’t realise it was due to cancer treatment. What a POS.Decent read on whether scientists should engage with grifters or not. In this case, an archaeologist debates whether to go on Rogan and have an exchange with a fraudster/pseudoscientist.
Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan
An archaeologist explains his appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast with a purveyor of misinformation about the ancient past.www.sapiens.org
In many cases I would say they absolutely shouldn’t as it creates a ‘both sides of an argument’ debate and legitimises the opposing view when in actual fact you’re arguing against pure quackery. It’s not within the realms of normal debate. There is no ‘winner’ and no one gets ‘destroyed’ except from 20 second out of context clips.
Maybe archaeology is slightly different in this context. Hancock is an egotistical slime ball. Would love to boot him all over.
But you can't read the data, it's not a case of knowing how to say a word.
God what an absolute moron this lad is
Debate is absolutely the most overrated format of conversation, it provides zero teaching ultimately.
I disagree. It's not the debate that's the problem, it's the morons doing it. We've told everyone they are equal when they just aren't. Send the dopes down the mines like they did in the old days.
Debate used to be two subject matter experts hammering it out. I'm sure they are useful to scientists, doctors, historians etc. who have high base-level knowledge in what they are talking about, can critically engage with the concepts being discussed and are able to create a two-way conversation they both can learn from.
Today, the term "debate" is getting ascribed to gormless ex-footballers who claim Bill Gates is planting chips in people, telling doctors that a global pandemic is a false flag. I don't have a problem with debate so much as the very loose, almost meaningless, modern concept of it.
tsubaki
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100%.
The best example of this is the one between de las Casas and Sepulveda over whether the people in the New World that the Spanish had encountered were humans or not (and therefore whether enslaving / exploiting / genociding them was justifiable). This was fifty-plus years after the conquistadors first landed, and ten years after the then Pope had told everyone they were humans and must not be treated harshly. There was no conclusion to the debate.
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Oh god no, don't talk to people whatever you do, ffs.Decent read on whether scientists should engage with grifters or not. In this case, an archaeologist debates whether to go on Rogan and have an exchange with a fraudster/pseudoscientist.
Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan
An archaeologist explains his appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast with a purveyor of misinformation about the ancient past.
Spadge Vernacular
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The conspiracy theory thread is locked so here it goes.
You can spend the rest of your life saying Hail Marys, Russell, you're still going to get smited for what you've done, you nasty little rotknob.
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Couldn’t help but click on the link. “Awakened Wonders Community”. $60 per year.
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