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Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell

This originally ran at Pajamas Media. Because of the recent article "Mao's Little Helpers" at Standpoint and a current review at American Spectator, I thought there would be interest in…

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College Graduates Are Academically Adrift

Repost I meant for this to run two days, but events overtook. Therefore, I'm restoring it to the top for the remainder of the day. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on…

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Posthuman Exopedagogy: Teachers To Use Wolf Boys, UFOs, Monsters To Boost Learning

What I am about to show you was bound to happen. Inna Semetsky has reviewed Tyson Lewis and Richard Kahn's new book, Education Out of Bounds: Reimagining Cultural Studies for…

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Relativism: an idea that failed before it started

The Books of Absolutes: A Critique of Relativism and a Defence of Universals William D. Gairdner McGill-Queen's University Press Recommendation: Read Let's play spot the flaw. In 1994, professor Mark…

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This is mostly catch up...I'm spending my free time getting ready for a talk on the 15th... A History of the Vikings Gwyn Jones Oxford University Press Recommendation: read If…

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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System by Paul Fussell

Recommendation: read When Fussell wrote in 1982 (and published in 1983), he said that acknowledging the class divisions that exist in America exist was poor form and that doing so…

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Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences by Steven Goldberg: Part I

Fads and Fallacies in the Social Sciences by Steven Goldberg Recommendation: Buy one copy for yourself, another for mother. If Sally is over six feet tall and Bill is over…

PhilH on The Week In Doom: The Distraction Of Truth EditionApril 20, 2024
Have to agree with Briggs that cannibals have no taste: I’ve tried eating cannibals and they’re pretty bland.
Tillman Eddy on The Week In Doom: The Distraction Of Truth EditionApril 20, 2024
“ The local truth they believe is that cutting off a little boy's testicles will turn him into a girl.‘…
stoichastic on If You Had To Choose “Ignore Or Believe All Academics On Climate Change”, Which Is Smarter?April 19, 2024
And who could forget the other canard of the century: quantum computing "climate change" giving us the inimitable "Quantum computing…
stoichastic on If You Had To Choose “Ignore Or Believe All Academics On Climate Change”, Which Is Smarter?April 19, 2024
I tried to break the algorithm by invoking canardception, alas, like Rule 42, I failed in my endeavour: string theory…
Johnno on The Week In Doom: The Distraction Of Truth EditionApril 19, 2024
It is said that the Boghossian Philosophers favorite flavor of ice cream was a particular locally sourced chocolate. I take…