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We Don’t Want Ideological Diversity
I realized after I wrote this that it could stand for my mandatory Diversity statement. We want Truth and Reality to be represented in academia. We certainly don't need racial…
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Academics Throw Fit After Being Told They Don’t Throw Fits Over IQ & Race
There are many positions on IQ, the so-called intelligence quotient, but most fall into two camps. Those who reject IQ measures outright, because racism, and those who claim people have…
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Last Debate Open Thread
This debate was a quieter affair; neither side goaded the other into an outburst. The moderator was better than expected. I repeat my complaint. Why have any journalist moderate a…
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Week In Doom — Compelled Speech Edition
Item Ontario's law society is tying itself in knots over diversity and compelled speech In June, the Law Society of Ontario's board of directors held a meeting to discuss a…
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An Abundance Of Hell?
Bear with me, friends. Here in its entirety was the Gospel reading, the longer version, in Catholic Churches this past Sunday. Jesus proposed another parable to the crowds, saying: "The…
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The Week In Doom — Bad Science Edition
Abbreviated doom this week since I'm on the road. Item Mathematicians divided over faculty hiring practices that require proof of efforts to promote diversity (Thanks to Kip Hansen for the…
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The Week In Doom — Accelerating Doom Edition
Once again, we have a week with too much Doom. Way it's going, we're soon going to need a daily edition. Item https://twitter.com/mj_lee/status/1182466357738164225 The Hectoring Harridan from Hell would be…
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Mask – Model – Medication – Mass Hysteria — Coronavirus Update LIII
MASS HYSTERIA There is already a paper on people going nuts: COVID-19 and the Political Economy of Mass Hysteria by Bagus et al. Abstract (with added paragraphifications by me): In…
