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Guest Post – Muddy: Information Gatekeepers
Imagine an individual you trust, and another individual you do NOT trust (the reasons being irrelevant). Both make a simple, observable, statement to you: ‘It’s a clear day outside.’ Without an ability to verify, who do you believe? Now imagine the same people make contrasting statements: Trust person says ‘It’s overcast outside,’ and No-Trust states…
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On the disputed origins of Woke ideology
Over the weekend, a lot of interest was generated by the following video of James Lindsay at the EU parliament exploring the origins of woke ideology: Here is a transcript of the talk provided by Gilas: The definition of Equity – Woke is Maoism with Western characteristics. Hello. Thank you. I’m glad to be here.…
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Adult Human Female
This is interesting to watch, especially if you can last the distance. Very interesting in parts. On the other hand, look at these people trying to put that genie back in the bottle. Like they never conjured it in the first place. The executive and judiciary will be next.
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Perversity under liberalism
This is a rather good thread on the pseudo-medicalization of psychological conditions that are often, in other instances, nothing more than perverse sexual fetishes and I recommend it to you. One of the interesting aspects here is the status of perversion under liberalism. To put it bluntly, liberalism not only lacks the philosophical and moral…
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Book review: The scientific method
J Scott Armstrong and Kesten Green, The Scientific Method: A Guide to Finding Useful Knowledge. Cambridge University Press, 2022. Science and academic life at large have changed out of recognition since the second world war under the influence of rapid growth, increasing government control and the politicisation of the allocation of research grants. The world…