[eesmith]

Altman says that PC is "willing to make accommodations to treat others well."

matt_the_bass quotes a definition of PC which is "don’t be a d_ck, and if you are, people will call you out on it".

These are two different views of PC. I agree with the one matt_the_bass quoted. Altman is wrong about what PC means. Much of Altman's essay depends on that wrong definition.

I read the essay. Altman is an idiot, for the reasons Gizmodo describes.

For all we know, unification of QM and GR would have happened already if a gay man hadn't left the field after dealing with one too many homophobic comments.