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Btw if you have to quote an interview of another dead white man (rip paul I am very respect him even though argue for Nec OST me my course in philosophy of science but I have no regret ) please at least have a quote on the same reporter.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/was-i-wrong...

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Why the racial qualifier?

There are two tropes here: the dwm, and the whiner. Why do you think your whining is better than their pejorative?

Don't start a flame war.

You're right. I regretted posting it shortly after.

the dwm? "Desktop Window Manager"?

to clarify I'm asking about the meaning of dwm. The only term that I'm familiar with, and that shows up in google is Desktop Window Manager.

https://public.oed.com/blog/march-2014-update-new-words-note...

The phrase dead white male (abbreviated DWM), has been used since the mid-1980s as a term of disparagement for male authors and academics of European ancestry whose pre-eminence, especially in academic study, is challenged as being disproportionate to their cultural significance, and attributed to a historical bias in favour of their gender and ethnicity.

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