Apparently we get a shout-out? Sharing this brings me no joy, and I am sorry for inflicting it upon you.

  • swlabr@awful.systemsEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Peter Woit has weighed in on this second post as well in an update to his original response. Note that he has linked to the sneersub.

    Here’s the update text, with links preserved:

    Update: More from Scott, it seems that those opposed to what Israel is doing in Gaza are “brain-eaten zombies”. He’s also convinced that the zombie problem is mainly academics in the humanities. I hear that there’s a statement about what is going on in Gaza signed by thousands of prominent scientists that will soon be made public. A lot of very prominent brain-eaten zombie scientists out there, it seems.

    Of course he’s still not allowing comments on his blog. For other discussion of his blogposts, see here and here.

    E: I don’t know anything about Woit, what should I know about him? I see that, despite his recent disagreements with Scott, he has links on his blog to sht-opt’ed and also other sneer club villain Sabine Hossenfelder. Also, he seems a little judgmental/critical of the pro-palestinian protest tactics. So my guess is: liberal academic that’s probably a little STEM brained, but not anything near problematic enough to be sneered at here.

    • CinnasVerses@awful.systemsEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Hossenfelder seemed like a normal science blogger and critic of string theory until some recent videos, and most people don’t update their blogroll every year. And Woit links her sensible (but defunct) blog, not her out-there videos.

      A lot of people in this world have connections going back 15 or 30 years but ended up on opposite sides (eg. Charlie Stross and Curtis Yarvin, or Laurie Penny and Scott Aaronson)