Thom Scott-Phillips

There's a straight line from the EU's failure to invoke Art 7 over Orban's democratic backsliding in the early 2010s and the far-right crisis across Europe today.

Many have correctly attributed that failure to weakness. I'd argue it was also due to arrogance.

Danger is that this line is so well known that it can be easily parsed as, “I’ve forgotten both your names”

Anyway, one of my secondary goals with the essay was to bring *modernity* into the conversation. Almost all discussion at the moment focuses on racial politics, for obvious reasons, but modernity is also critical. I think you can’t really understand the dance deeply without it

I see. Well, there are certainly dancers who don’t know much history, but I’m not so sure there are many who know history and who are blindly nostalgic. A few perhaps but not the majority

Thanks! Knowing the history enriches the dance, and it's fascinating anyway

Tbh I'm never quite sure what people mean by "difficult" conversations in this context

As some here might have noticed, I 'm kinda into ;) the original Jazz Dances, their social and cultural history and impact.
For those more interested on the topic, here's a substack article on Lindy Hop and its history I gotta recommend! :)

Then why is Farage trying to shut down the story?

Sure, Reform voters may be more forgiving of youthful ugliness than others, but plain, flat out racism is still a genuine taboo across British society

I agree that gotcha journalism is a symptom. But equally, the revelations reveal something about now. Namely, the politician Farage knows the lines he can’t cross but these stories suggest that the real views of the would-be PM are on the wrong side of those lines

Yes. This is why I keep telling my Hungarian friends that the polls are right and Orban is going to lose the election next year

It’s not because Hungarians are done with the corruption etc, it’s because the corruption (& other things) has had material effects on the cost of food

I think I put Chomsky on the list when we published there recently!

I am considering it! No decision yet

I see that the deadline is "Not set yet, but in the meantime you are welcome to submit a proposal". Can you give any background / extra info on this?

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Superb. Egalitarianism is best understood in terms of process, not outcome

I think this conclusion has important consequences for political philosophy, open society, etc.

Maybe I am confused, it's always possible

If you think that all the liberal profs saying the essay is no good means they are part of an anti-trans hate group, you need to log off and go and get some fresh air

This was a lot of work but I'm proud of the paper. An adversarial collaboration on a theoretical / quasi-philosophical issue:

Scott-Phillips, T., Laland, K., Shuker, D., Dickins, T., & West, S. (2014). The niche construction perspective: A critical appraisal

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This was a lot of work but I'm proud of the paper. An adversarial collaboration on a theoretical / quasi-philosophical issue:

Scott-Phillips, T., Laland, K., Shuker, D., Dickins, T., & West, S. (2014). The niche construction perspective: A critical appraisal

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What is the point you're making?

It's possible for both things to be true at the same time:
- The essay isn't 0/25 at all
- The student's Mum is awful

True. I am assuming some overlap with the rubrics I'm familiar with

Of course, no sources or other engagement with classroom material will place a hard ceiling on the mark, but still: engagement with the actual topic, a clear answer and coherent sentences: all of this gets you >0 where I'm from

I agree. So many responses saying 0/25 tells me that there’s some truth in the complaints about liberal profs and their biases. You could only think it’s 0/25 under bias

It's not about "separating" them! It's just a different question.

Q1: Is established process correctly followed?
Q2: Do wrongdoers get suitably punished?

You seem exercised to emphasise the importance of Q1. Fine. But William is curious about Q2. Which is fair enough. Q1 is not the only Q!

I see. Yeah legality will be unclear I guess. Depends on exactly what the contracts say

Sorry to hear about it. UK sector is in a mess

I understand. And I assume William does too. You are speaking about false negatives with respect to proper process. All fine!

William is interested in false negatives with respect to the more general societal Q, "Do wrongdoers suffer a deserved punishment?"

I think you two are talking at cross purposes. William is trying to establish what a false negative would be for the purposes of statistical measurement. He's not arguing about responsibility or process

Hi Thomas. Genuine question: How can they legally offer this choice? Is an indefinite pay freeze consistent with your contract??

My word London housing is even worse than I thought. You can rent exactly this kind of apartment right next to Vienna central station — transport hub for all of central Europe — at an annual rate of just over 1% of this

Thanks! You're very kind, and the feeling's mutual. (Honestly, some forward thinking cognitive/evolutionary anthropology dept should hire us both!)

I didn't realise the bsky feed was working against scientific interaction. Super annoying but useful to understand

Hi! Could you add me? This is me

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Happy World Linguistics Day from Budapest, capital of a peculiar linguistic phenomenon--the Hungarian language!

Good point

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