tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post3400781851908546899..comments2024-03-27T19:47:13.475-07:00Comments on Dark Buzz: How to Avoid Giving an Opinion on New ResearchRogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474078324293158376noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-42153481036343261192023-04-05T15:39:54.891-07:002023-04-05T15:39:54.891-07:00Yes, Carroll does not want to be canceled. I get t...Yes, Carroll does not want to be canceled. I get that. That is a reason for not discussing a book on IQ. But he brought it up, as an example of his beliefs. No one asked him about it. Apparently he t thought that he was showing off scientific thinking, by refusing to consider certain ideas that have been politically sensitive in the past.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474078324293158376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148573551417578681.post-22347722771029887402023-04-05T09:54:46.754-07:002023-04-05T09:54:46.754-07:00Sean Carroll is not a scientist, he's an activ...Sean Carroll is not a scientist, he's an activist. His belief in his various mostly trendy woke political causes preempts his adherence to the methodology of science whenever push comes to shove, which is mostly just a reflection of where the man lives and works...he doesn't want to be cancelled.<br />The man has a spine made of pure Jello, and when the winds of change shift again, he will conform precisely to the next du jour without pausing for breath.<br /><br /> I would also be the first to say 'Just because something is possible doesn't mean it should be done or pursued' . Believing in some kind of manifest destiny of science such as "We can build a device that can kill us all, now let's go build it because 'SCIENCE'!" is just pre-meditated genocide with a nobel prize and door prize attatched. But refusing to acknowledge fire is hot because Adolf and Mussolini once noted it, and you don't like them, is premeditated stupidity with a virtue signal on it.CFTnoreply@blogger.com