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there's a parallel phenomenon to the whole lucky 10,000 thing where an earnest, sharp, and perhaps mildy autistic person encounters for the first time the concrete reason we dont talk about certain subjects https://t.co/kR60JVTSJM
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just as in the case of a police interrogation there is no upside to speaking here no matter how pure your heart, anything you say will absolutely be used against you https://t.co/17q5CFiiI1
there is fortunately ample prior art on this matter if you are a person in such a position, consider some of the following essays by @slatestarcodex: https://t.co/4MdsOATAJI scott aaronson: https://t.co/GUiV992zUF @paulg: https://t.co/EDLSsfjrjf https://t.co/UL4aN8P4Tp
this thread was a winking abelardian treatment of a sensitive matter but after reading responses i fully support the status quo where social suppression prevents discussion of this topic except by people capable of effectively communicating a la strauss
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everyone who is not a genius is dumb because their parents hated them i believe this should satisfactorily resolve all outstanding questions regarding variation in ability https://t.co/umEEeSoPX1