The Ultimate Motte and Bailey.
You can’t criticise something that refuses to admit it exists, until it wants authority again.
The teacher retains authority while denying the grounds on which authority could be examined
Nothing is real... except what I’m telling you right now.
Replying to @dozenal_math @ericweinstein
This is almost universally untrue. The trope of "lone genius" doesn't even really hold up to scrutiny for historical scientists, never mind people working in science today
I mean, take Newton. Great history of science, discovered gravity, apple on the head etc
Replying to @liz_churchill10
Yet we can't see those mysterious Turbo chancers anywhere when we have a proper good look.
Back when Brand was accused of all that unfortunate misogynist stuff and abusing his celebrity status, he now explains, he was merely acting the same as all the "woke" people. But a heterosexual version.
How do people make sense of this content anymore?
I certainly can't.
Replying to @BrightInsight6
Join Jimmy Corsetti as he travels the world with his trusty camera to find small incidences that hopefully generate a huge amount of outrage about how terrible archeologists are.
Go Jimmy!
Replying to @Florin_Uncovers
"A lot of what you’re seeing as attacks on me are attacks on science, because all of the things that I have spoken about consistently from the v beginning, have been fundamentally based on science. People want to fire me or put me in jail for what I’ve done — namely, follow the s

















