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Pinkerian Pollyannism?
Fenster writes: Here in the Wall Street Journal we find more cheery optimism about the world. This could all be true. It could possibly just be Pinkerian Pollyannism. Or perhaps it is both. As with disease, poverty is being eradicated … Continue reading
Front Porch Republic on the Yellow Vests
Fenster writes: It is hard enough getting the big picture right in your own life, your own family, your own community. When asked to consider what is happening on very large tapestries we face serious problems. Kahneman’s System 2 reasoning … Continue reading
Sailer and Taleb
Fenster writes: Steve Sailer is not being mainstreamed but seems no longer to be taboo. Charles Murray–suspect in some quarters but respected nonetheless–refers to him regularly and fairly on Twitter. Murray: PolySci & sociology grad students, looking for a dissertation … Continue reading
Spiked, on China’s Social Credit System
Fenster writes: Is there anything good to be said about China’s emerging social credit system? Spiked has given it a try. Defending what the conventional left Guardian refers to as an “an Orwellian tool of social monitoring” is a tall … Continue reading
Tourism Bah Humbug
Fenster writes: I was talking recently with a veteran of the international luxury hotel industry. He’d spent his career traveling the world and living in interesting locales. His commentary on the current scene: a sour and angry “I hate tourism. … Continue reading
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“We desperately need our own version of the First Amendment”
Fenster writes: You may have read about the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision a few days ago which “upheld a conviction against an Austrian woman who called the Islamic prophet Muhammed a ‘pedophile.’”
Montaigne Again
Fenster writes: Montaigne shows up here on UR quite a bit. I won’t do links this time. Look ’em up if you want. So permit me to just start in digressing. In her bio of Montaigne Sarah Bakewell describes the … Continue reading
The Truth Shall Make You Free?
Fenster writes: A blog post by the physicist Stephen Hsu on the need to own up to group differences driven by genes. Hsu writes: We are scientists, seeking truth. We are not slaves to ideological conformity. True. But I always … Continue reading
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Sokal Redux Reflux
Fenster writes: I recently contrasted the hard-edged doctrine of diversity in today’s academy with its emerging form, still then subject to some level of skepticism, in the more innocent 1990s. Way back in the 1990’s, back before our current sophisticated … Continue reading
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