That is without a shred of doubt.In either case he clearly lacks the kind of dispassionate critical intelligence that is needed to discharge his responsibilities as a moderator of comment on a philosophy forum. — John Gould
I doubt he'll do either. Which is quite unfortunate, because I don't think he's actually a stupid person. He's just stubborn on certain issues that seem to affect him emotionally.hereby call upon him to either defend the charge immediately or to have the moral integrity to do the honourable thing and surrender his position as a moderator on this forum forthwith. — John Gould
It's not meant to be a character assassination, it's just a fact that one of the moderators has an emotional bias (very likely due to an overindulgence in POMO literature) which doesn't permit him to make adequate (meaning rational) judgements with regards to issues that are sensitive to him. This is something that should be discussed. But to the contrary, the said moderator refuses to discuss the issue and says that it's "below him".Well, this is a rather incompetent attempt at character assassination. — Baden
Are biological differences between the races racist? :s To me, racism would be a certain type of ideology that encourages active discrimination, not just a look at biological differences between races. — Agustino
But to the contrary, the said moderator refuses to discuss the issue... — Agustino
Streetlight X provided an enumerated standard which, as the site staff agree, was not adhered to. — Sapientia
Okay, (1) is sensible, but (2), (3), and (4) seems over the top. I don't see why the post would have had to "acknowledge the contentiousness of regarding IQ as a purely heritable trait" - if this is precisely what was under discussion. (2), (3), and (4) are issues that would have had to be discussed in the debate.(1) it cited no sources, (2) it did not acknowledge the contentiousness of regarding IQ as a purely heritable trait, (3) it did not acknowledge the debates regarding the specificity of IQ as a measurement of intelligence, and (4) it's polemic tone was not suitable for a topic that deserves to be - if at all - treated with extreme nuance. — StreetlightX
I don't believe in our debate with regards to testosterone I put into question the fact that YOU are saying it. The problem would have been there regardless of who said it.There's nothing to discuss with anyone who consistently puts into question not what I say, but the fact that I am the one saying it (I'm 'emotional', 'overindulges in POMO literature', etc). — StreetlightX
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