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Having written quite a lot of Reason react (similar in syntax to the proposed React example) - while in this particular case because the example is so simple the ternary looks nicer, its also nice to just have a longer expression block in the middle of your JSX when you're doing more complex things.


I don't know about you but I trust Wikipedia a lot more than I trust ChatGPT.


Plus, with Wikipedia, you can clearly see the sources or the lack of them. I tried asking ChatGPT for a source twice. One time, it gave a source. Another time, it gave the "as a language model I can't" spiel.


Wikipedia actually has a system for creating knowledge and verifying it, while ChatGPT was trained to convince humans.


Honestly this seems likes a horrifically sexist piece of commentary.


I feel like this is something where everyone does it to some extent I don't know. To me it makes more sense to focus on propensity towards behaviors that you find undesirable rather than labelling someone a bad name.


The central point of the article seems dubious to me. It seems more likely that administrators are simply in charge of implementing these lists. This is of course their job. However it seems likely that the central political impetus for their doing so lies elsewhere. E.g. faculty heads or university leadership.

I also struggle to see the harm of such lists personally.


It contributes to polarize the opinion. Never a good thing.

It accuses People of things that have never crossed their minds.

When I do a BlackBox testing never have I or those that I know Associated the "Black" of the Box with the skin of people (for good or bad). When we talk about Blacklist/WhiteList there is no Connection with skin colour. Black and white have those connotations not because they are associated with Skin color but because Black/white is more often culturally associated with dark/light(unknown/known).

You are saying to me that My human Instinct to not like the Darkness are because I have associated them with Dark Skin People? When I cried as a baby because I was afraid of the Dark, I was afraid of the Dark Skin People although I Didn't know yet what color was or what people are?

You are saying to me that all my Cultural background has no value because someone somewhere might read it wrong? That I am incapable of having a judgment or instinct without it being just that without further sinister meanings?

Is that what these movements are saying? these movements are doing more to imprint this racial divide on the minds of this generation that anything they are are trying to protect from.

Saying "Poor" is offensive and non inclusive? Saying "my self-reported income was in the lowest income bracket" is way more offensive. What does it really say? What does self-reported have to do with the my financial status? Is It my fault that I am Poor? If I self-Report more Am I not poor anymore?

And countless other examples....


The central point of the article seems dubious to me. I think it's more likely that administrators are simply in charge of implementing forbidden word lists. This is of course their job. However the central political impetus for doing so is likely elsewhere. (E.G. faculty leadership or something).

I also personally struggle to see the harm caused by such lists.


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