University Profs' Criticism Led to Retraction of Math Paper on Gender (2018)
Imagine the &#x27;indirect effect&#x27; that these kinds of things have on discussions throughout the industry.<p>Reddit just had a discussion about the video &#x27;Fat&#x27; (i.e. &#x27;Bad&#x27;) by Weird Al Mocking Michael Jackson.<p>It &#x27;couldn&#x27;t be made today&#x27; first because it wouldn&#x27;t even be pitched in the first place - too much risk. They&#x27;ll try another idea.<p>Maybe it&#x27;s &#x27;not nice&#x27; in 2022 to use the term &#x27;fat&#x27; - or, maybe it&#x27;s not so bad, and we&#x27;re just too concerned about everything - the point is - the concept won&#x27;t ever really be &#x27;thought of&#x27; because everyone is aware of the &#x27;new rules&#x27;. It&#x27;s a form of systematic oppression. It&#x27;s all over the place.<p>I suggest we should probably err on the side of expression as long as people aren&#x27;t directly doing something obviously hateful.<p>Especially in non-populist channels like academia.<p>Fox News will always find &#x27;something&#x27; to harp on, let&#x27;s not worry about what they have to say, unless we&#x27;re in some kind of emergency i.e. war, insurrection, pandemic.<p>Let&#x27;s publish, create, then talk about it.