The discussion on this topic was -not- good. It was absolutely terrible. I put forth minimal effort, and the best efforts presented in favor of HBD were just-so stories, which is to say, explanations invented for observations already made being presented as “evidence” that those observations should have been expected.
There has been some good and serious discussion in this thread. I enjoyed it and chose to engage with it, as did several other regular LW commenters (e.g. Lumifer, gjm, cousin_it, buybuydavis) who are definitely not Eugine sockpuppets. But now I feel your behavior poisoned the discussion for me and the other participants.
I must say I am not sorry I made the discussion of whether or not black people are inferior feel poisonous to you.
The next time I respond to an LW post, I don’t want to wonder if I’m talking to someone who’s deliberately making politicized, non-rational arguments, or saying things they don’t actually believe in, as part of some ploy unrelated to the actual discussion.
The complaint you’re raising here has more to do with the fact that I told you part of what I was up to, than that I was up to it in the first place.
Consider the ramifications of that for a moment. If I hadn’t told you I was doing it, you wouldn’t have known.
Are you certain you don’t want to wonder in the future?
The discussion on this topic was -not- good. It was absolutely terrible. I put forth minimal effort, and the best efforts presented in favor of HBD were just-so stories, which is to say, explanations invented for observations already made being presented as “evidence” that those observations should have been expected.
I must say I am not sorry I made the discussion of whether or not black people are inferior feel poisonous to you.
The complaint you’re raising here has more to do with the fact that I told you part of what I was up to, than that I was up to it in the first place.
Consider the ramifications of that for a moment. If I hadn’t told you I was doing it, you wouldn’t have known.
Are you certain you don’t want to wonder in the future?
Then you do not in my opinion belong on LessWrong, and I will not engage with you further.