@DrakkenZero @hypebot For decades, wannabe-savvy types used Godwin’s “law” as a mathy-sounding way to dismiss signs of fascism, then — surprise! — it turns out fascists really were everywhere. 🤔 And now, instead of showing a bit of humility for what he enabled, he’s cooking up new nonsense.

@mcnees That seems fair, and I'll defer to your expertise — not least for your point that experts are (of course) human like everyone else. That said, it's a real problem when they forget that, something I was thinking about this AM.

https://tldr.nettime.org/@tb/110305059398760859

And thank you for your thoughtful reply, which my own cantankerous one maybe didn't deserve.

@mcnees Disciplinary narcissism. There's no shortage of experts who reflexively condemn the rest of humanity for studying something else or for not studying at all. And there's nothing admirable about it.