Was thinking about it because I’m also pretty proud of the follow-up: open.spotify.com/playlist/0BL...

Wrote about it in a Substack post here: open.substack.com/pub/theenthu...

This is reminding me that one (possibly apocryphal) story for the origin of Baye’s law is the Rev. Bayes wanted to prove Jesus rose from the dead.

Oh yeah grew up on that. Creationism another great example of a fake discipline people have spent their one wild and precious life on.

I think about this a lot. Maybe because I grew up with “apologetics” which was like fake philosophy for evangelicals.

Yes. They absolutely do. Kids totally blow their reserves of self-control then fall apart when they feel safe 😂

Feel this.

Strong agree. Just gotta sit back, relax, and let the umpteen Robert Pattinsons wash over you.

Cryptid?

Danton, Robespierre, Desmoulins.

Later the narrator says, “she found that nothing offended her but cruelty.” Could be a coincidence, but Shklar’s ideas fit well with the themes of the novel. Maybe the nerds at @liberalcurrents.com or @jacobtlevy.bsky.social know if I’m on the right track.

My timeline is now full of other people posting about how they are similarly confused 😂. Must be a big list.

I just followed a Liberal Currents starter pack. Are you in that?