{"id":801,"date":"2013-08-13T09:55:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T09:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/prussian\/?p=801"},"modified":"2013-08-13T11:42:06","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T11:42:06","slug":"some-concessions-to-stephen-schwarz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/prussian\/2013\/08\/13\/some-concessions-to-stephen-schwarz\/","title":{"rendered":"Some concessions to Stephen Schwarz – UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Had a good night’s rest and been thinking about the rather long exchange that went down on the last post. \u00a0After ruminating on the subject all night, I have to concede he has a point on some things, such as the extent of evidence I can bring to my case against Myers. \u00a0I can point to him running away during the cartoon pogrom, but irritatingly, the relevant TAM video is not online, so I cannot show him lying about it. \u00a0I can say that his attitude towards a heroine like Ayaan Hirsi Ali is contemptible and unjust, but I suppose that you need to work that one out yourself. \u00a0And I suppose I cannot conclusively show that this latest accusation is not bollocks on stilts, only that it is the worst sort of yellow journalism<\/a>. \u00a0(I can, however, show that he is willing to dump the scientific method when it’s politically convenient).<\/p>\n

So, to those who have not yet had the joys of dealing with Myers, I suppose that you will have to learn for yourselves the reasons why I take this position against him. \u00a0Rest assured, when you do, the fraternal paw will be extended.<\/p>\n

One final thing while we watch this situation unfold: I have been occasionally admonished to be careful, we don’t know the facts etc. \u00a0Well, from a position of philosophical skepticism,<\/a> that makes sense. \u00a0I know I’m sticking my neck out here. \u00a0On the other hand, were I falsely accused of rape, I know what I would think of the people who decided lets just wait and see. \u00a0I don’t have any friends or people I respect, who, if accused of rape, I would not immediately consider innocent. \u00a0Nor do I have any friends who, if I were falsely accused, would not immediately come to my defence. \u00a0So, I am nailing my colours to the mast on this one.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: In a related note,\u00a0Scientific American<\/em> yanks Karen Stollznow’s post on harassment<\/a> due to inaccuracies<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Had a good night’s rest and been thinking about the rather long exchange that went down on the last post.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skepticism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/prussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/prussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/prussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/prussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/prussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/prussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/prussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/prussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/prussian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}