Just found this. Not sure if @michaelshermer is confusing @nhannahjones with me or somebody else because I never said most of that stuff either. What I will say is I learned from my (mostly white) grad school professors how to construct mathematical systems where 2+2 isn't 4.
https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1422231381439090689
If that seems contrary to reason to you then I humbly suggest that maybe you don't understand reason as well as you think you do. I know many of us probably learned in grade school that 2+2=4 but the relevant context is it's basic math that they teach to kids.
My race seems to suggest to people that this is a race thing somehow. It's not. Check out the link for a PhD who's not black and who also agrees that 2+2 is not always 4. As Dr. Hossenfelder puts it, "It's not woke. It's math."
I get that people want to add credibility to their political arguments by linking them to stuff that seems more solid and objective like the nature of math, science, etc. but that's risky if you don't have much knowledge in these areas. It might be best to just stick to politics.
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