In praise of bigotry (sortof)

[atheorist]

Bigotry is the tribal-boundary, us-rather-than-them emotion, and it can be very ugly. Examples include nationalists who despise people from other nations, religious people who greatly prefer people from their own religion, academics who take sides in large (e.g. humanities vs. sciences) or small (e.g. bayesian vs. frequentist) academic tensions.

Comments

[justbeast]

Hehehe interesting. Is there a connection to this post and the fact that you just came from an academic conference? Or merely coincidence?

[atheorist]

An academic conference in a very small field where nonetheless there are at least two opposing styles? Yes, there's a connection.