xtrapol8 3 hours ago

I often feel the way Sabine looks and sounds in this video.

It is actually uncanny how many topics Sabine touches upon in such an unreserved and brilliant way.

She is a model for modern intellectual thought. I hope she is protected and preserved from the easily upset mob of conventionalists who rather we were all agreeable.

  • tessierashpool 2 hours ago

    she really isn't, though. her papers are mediocre, so she compensates by pandering to conspiracy theorists and transphobes.

    edit: to be clear, my intention here is not to engage in ad hominem. instead I am saying that augmenting unimpressive research with social media is not a good model for the modern intellectual

    • xtrapol8 an hour ago

      Could you cite examples of these claims? For the purpose of distinguishing good role models. I’m not an academic, though the topics I have followed have been informative and interesting.