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Universities Crank Up The Insanity: Bad Grades For Saying ‘Illegal Alien,’ ‘Male,’ ‘Female’

Last week we learned the University of Tennessee came thisclose to forcing students to cease using he and she. Instead of standard English pronouns, the university at first "mandated", but…
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Race Norming At Universities And The Doctrine Of Unintended Consequences

The Los Angeles Times had a story about how hard East Asians have to work to be admitted to college. Problem is these kids are too smart, an attitude which…
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University of California Prof Tries To Save System From DIEing
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University of California Prof Tries To Save System From DIEing

Before we get to our story, my deep and profound thanks to readers for getting us higher in the ranks. I am most grateful. I logged on Saturday and saw…
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Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?
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Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?

You will have noticed these last few weeks a switch to bi-weekly posts, longer and (I hope) more informative than the old way of having three to four short, standard…
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No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders
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No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders

I don't know who wrote Magnifica Humanitas, the Vatican's new encyclical on "safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence", but he (or it?) appears to not have…
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Belgian Judge Wants To Arrest Little Nate Cofnast Because Cofnast Says Smart People Are Smarter Than Dumb People
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Belgian Judge Wants To Arrest Little Nate Cofnast Because Cofnast Says Smart People Are Smarter Than Dumb People

Some waffle-stuffed Belgian judge has threatened to toss little Nate Cofnas into a Belgian hoosegow, presumably on the French side where they serve stale cheese, bad baguettes and English wine,…
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The Great Effeminization of the Academy
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The Great Effeminization of the Academy

An expected and obvious consequence of the Great Effeminization of the Academy is that a great deal of academic output is now about the feelings of academics. From the peer-reviewed…
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Academics Debate Which Term Best Describes Those Who Love (in that way) Their Pillows
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Academics Debate Which Term Best Describes Those Who Love (in that way) Their Pillows

Years ago we reported on a woman (fat, ugly) who wanted to "marry" "Sky Scream, a rollercoaster at Holiday Park in Hassloch, Germany." She was in love with it, says…
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