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by Crye 1996 days ago
This is different. This is a scientist condemning another scientist for standing on the pulpit and proselytizing to a mass of people. The cirtique by Mallory is that Levitt is using his credentials to bypass the scientific process and undermines the work of many. This is, in my opinion, something we should all condemn.
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> to bypass the scientific process

The scientific process isn't owned by anyone. People are free to speak words; those who say otherwise are speech police.

The obsession of certain people with "the harms of words" is illiberal and authoritarian.

It’s in vogue to complain about the bad people that say bad things.

You are authoritarian insofar as you're appealing to the authority of science, only if you think it seems reasonable.