I daresay, large segments of humanity might not consider that "unfortunate".
But since we're straying into political territory, I conclude that a number of subscribers have recently been on holiday and thus had the luxury of only far-off deadlines ;) Sent from tiny silly touch screen ________________________________ From: Rasmus Fogh <rhf...@globalphasing.com> Sent: Thursday, 2 January 2020 11:28 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Remember the turkey? Hi, Unfortunately, this is not just about 'virtue signalling and posturing'. It is (also) part of a political project - about banning certain words so that any statement that contains them can be rejected as tainted or evil without having to look at what it actually says. A Newspeak, basically. Happy new year, Rasmus Fogh On 26/12/2019 18:46, Bernhard Rupp wrote: > Hi Fellows - here some light Holiday entertainment (and puzzle) for you: > > Remember my thanksgiving posting below? Meant as a hoax or satire, it > follows the > classical pattern of throwing postmodern Critical Theory gibberish and Social > Justice key words > (successfully deployed by Alan Sokal) > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair > onto an out-of-context situation with the purpose of virtue signaling and > posturing on moral high ground. > > Well, we just got outdone by a letter in our favorite vanity magazine, > Nature: > https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03781-0 > > The parallels are fascinating and it exactly follows the recipe developed > above: > " throwing postmodern Critical Theory gibberish and Social Justice key words > onto an out-of-context situation > with the purpose to signal virtue and to opportunity for posturing on moral > high ground" > > Now - is this comment (a) meant serious or (b) another successful > Sokal-Turkey-type hoax? > > Cheers, BR > > -------------------------------------------------- > It has come to our attention that on this bulletin board insensitive and > hurtful comments have > been made towards animals with disability. Particularly concerning is the > display of white privilege > and racial bias towards a minority individual given that the turkey is also > referred to in German as 'Indian'. > In view of this non-inclusive and divisive display of unwokeness, the faculty > Bias Response Team > will contact you shortly and allow you to present your self-critique. > > We want this board to remain a safe zone inclusive of all animals, complete > or not. > > Stuffed, BR > > -----Original Message----- > From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Jurgen Bosch > Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2019 13:51 > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Xray-dataset usable despite low completeness ? > > Think of completeness with an analogy to turkey. > Say you happen to find a one-legged turkey (incomplete by conventional > standard) you could still stuff it and put it in the oven and enjoy 93% of > the turkey. The 7% missing, who cares? Other than I like both legs of the > turkey :-) > > Happy Thanksgiving everyone > > Jürgen > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > -- Rasmus H. Fogh Tel.: +44 (0)1223 353033 Global Phasing Ltd., Fax.: +44 (0)1223 366889 Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB3 0AX United Kingdom ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1
