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James_Miller comments on Irrationalism on Campus? - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: HalMorris 20 November 2014 07:17PM

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Comment author: James_Miller 20 November 2014 07:32:41PM 20 points [-]

On a small set of issues related to race, gender, and sexual orientation it's extremely costly for a student or professor to state a non-PC position. These should be considered college mind-kill topics and you should have almost no trust in what you learn about them on most campuses.

Comment author: LawrenceC 01 December 2014 02:55:39PM 2 points [-]

I would add to this list heritability, eugenics, intelligence, and other issues related to the intersection of the nature/nurture debate - Here's a classic example. Here's another. Meta-mind-kill might also be a real thing: I've managed to turn a recitation into a riot by pointing out that certain topics, like eugenics, lead to mind-kill situations.