They’ll probably fund a new department of medieval theology and ancient Christian schisms. Soon, they’ll be counting angels on the heads of pins, and finding other ways to tell the public and reality to get fucked. Finally, as in Maoism, former faculty & staff will be sent to harvest crops.

Politically motivated against climate science?

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Adding a helpful link for any policy makers to read the LF article. Combined with my kids school bathrooms getting vandalized regularly due to some other kids seeing tictoc videos enticing them into that antisocial anti health behavior, SVF deserves some regulation.

Maybe they aren’t reading because they upload the assignment to a chatbot that “follows” the assignment in a single, mindlessly composed prompt that they assume has done a magically wonderful job of writing the thing they are required to turn in.

The question of whether cases are “relevantly similar” is already answered from within the framework itself. Everything takes place within a given & established framework that isn’t easily or normally transcended. A theory of theories harbors a recursion problem that assumes a neutral basis.

A “theory of theories” gets me to think about not theory as model but as explanatory system, or something more grounded in the behavior of persons & entities: a system of belief. Less an abstract model, an item to choose, for covering data, & a way of knowing. Is a religion a theory of theories?

That’s not arrogant at all. 🙃

A “theory of theories” gets me to think about not theory as model but as explanatory system, or something more grounded in the behavior of persons & entities: a system of belief. Less an abstract model, an item to choose, for covering data, & a way of knowing. Is a religion a theory of theories?

I’m never very interested in arguing about definitions even though that was once all that happened in Philosophy. Often (not saying in this case!) insisting on a definition is an attempt to assert power over a discourse. What matters is the underlying idea rather than the name for it.

😆

The NYT's coverage of higher ed is really largely worthless.

That would be sweet. The private mutterings, the little grievances, the gossipy bombshells—I bet there’s already enough for an easy hot selling book if only there were recordings, even private ones. After this administration, the tell-alls will be mind-blowing.

It’s sickening.

That would be sweet. The private mutterings, the little grievances, the gossipy bombshells—I bet there’s already enough for an easy hot selling book if only there were recordings, even private ones. After this administration, the tell-alls will be mind-blowing.

Dooming is a mode of passivity; standing athwart history and yelling stop has a bad track record of success.

Grab the steering wheel.