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The lead author, Nicholas Christakis, is the man who was reviled by some students at Yale during the Halloween costume debacle: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/the-new-....

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Thanks for reposting that article. I swear I'm starting to feel like an old man "back in my day, vigorous intellectual disagreement and debate was the point of living on campus during college"

Back in my day, vigorous intellectual disagreement and debate was the point of living on campus during college

Well they've sure fixed that, haven't they.

I read Erica's infamous email without any knowledge of the situation, and only a vague impression that she was the wrong end of some campus non-event. The letter was so well-written and thoughtful! The key line, that she does not trust herself to police Halloween, was so effective.

Then I watched the video of the children yelling and cursing at Nicholas. Yes, they fixed that all right.

[TheLarch proffers curmudgeon fist bump]

I hope you're not suggesting that has any bearing on the quality of the paper?

Not sure if you are speculating that I am a supporter or detractor of his. My only impression of the man up until now was that I thought he and his wife conducted themselves with grace and forebearance during the Halloween fiasco. I find this research fascinating.

I don't think there's any implication of that. It's just a nice piece of trivia.

From my reading, the article in question gives me a complimentary view of the author, and a less complimentary view of those who reviled him.

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