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Today was a good example of how Twitter mobs develop. @benshapiro made some comments about the history of science, especially as it relates to western civilization. A hack at MMFA cut the clip and tweeted it a dishonest paraphrase of his comments:
@benshapiro Based on that completely false (which would be obvious to anyone who even watches the clip) paraphrase, a bunch of popular lefties flipped out. They accused him of ignoring contributions from non-western scientists and even of being a white supremacist.
@benshapiro Obvious that most of them didn't watch the clip, don't know basic history, & aren't interested in actually exploring the topic.
What Shapiro is correctly describing is the scientific revolution. It does not in any way diminish the big scientific contributions outside the west.
What Shapiro is correctly describing is the scientific revolution. It does not in any way diminish the big scientific contributions outside the west.
@benshapiro In fact, Shapiro specifically highlights those contributions, but he differentiates them by suggesting that they were innovations based on solving a need while the scientific revolution in Europe encouraged scientific exploration as an end to itself.
@benshapiro So when all these people are highlighting individual non-western scientists with major contributions from before the scientific revolution, you aren't dunking on Shapiro. He acknowledged exactly that.
You're just proving you didn't watch the video you are trying to dunk on.
You're just proving you didn't watch the video you are trying to dunk on.
@benshapiro Now, of course you can disagree with Shapiro's framing and hypothesis regarding why the scientific revolution occurred in Europe. But that requires to first comprehend and honestly assess his argument.
Hard to do when you're too busy trying to gin up a mob to dunk on him.
Hard to do when you're too busy trying to gin up a mob to dunk on him.
@benshapiro Summary: It is a fact that the scientific revolution happened in Europe. Ben is putting forth an argument on why there (& not elsewhere).
Instead of engaging that arg, a bunch of people are trying to dunk on him by responding to a different claim based on a dishonest paraphrase.
Instead of engaging that arg, a bunch of people are trying to dunk on him by responding to a different claim based on a dishonest paraphrase.
