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More on Sokal Squared
Fenster writes: You’ll recall the so-called Sokal Squared dust-up: three academics who were able to publish a series of outrageously fake articles in peer-reviewed critical studies journals. Fenster wrote about it here when the story broke. For many inside academe … Continue reading
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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
Is it Showtime?
Fenster writes: If you are anti-Trump you may well believe it is Showtime: time has finally run out on the Orange Man, and Mueller will crater the bastard real soon now. If you are pro-Trump, or at least anti-swamp, anti-Clinton … Continue reading
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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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