Curt Doolittle

Theme: Education

  • The lack of depth of even the most ambitious lay thinkers never ceases to amaze

    The lack of depth of even the most ambitious lay thinkers never ceases to amaze me. I expect compartmentalizational ignorance from members of the academy, but the laity has no such excuse to specialize. I hear IQ this and that from people the time, and as far as I can tell, endless curiosity, extreme suspicion of your intuitions, the continuous accumulation of knowledge, and the continuous reformation of your frames in response to that knowledge is what creates ‘depth’. And as far as I know, Durant was right: that depth is most likely from the study of one or more dimensions of history- for it is demonstrated history – not justified – that tells us the truth of man.

    (someone harassing me me nonsense today)

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-03 17:03:00 UTC

  • The high Russian-American IQ is precisely what you’d think because of who can af

    The high Russian-American IQ is precisely what you’d think because of who can afford to get here.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-03 12:07:00 UTC

  • “Studying postmodern philosophy at university is painful for me as I don’t like

    —“Studying postmodern philosophy at university is painful for me as I don’t like sophistry.”—

    Sorry man. But take heart, the study of their sophistry only assists us in understanding the enemy. 😉

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-02 13:44:15 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/991674733316984833

  • Economic thought circumvents the sentimental and intuitive by design, which mean

    Economic thought circumvents the sentimental and intuitive by design, which means the brevity of the format is challenging without those readily available methods of accessibility. That said Heterodox science spreads faster on social media, and Heterodox econ is a candidate.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-02 11:37:53 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/991642931588222976

    Reply addressees: @PeterBoettke

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/990905426907750400

    IN REPLY TO:

    @PeterBoettke

    “Economists tweet less, mention fewer people and have fewer conversations with strangers than a comparable group…” https://t.co/rq824H4P4i

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/990905426907750400

  • “Studying postmodern philosophy at university is painful for me as I don’t like

    —“Studying postmodern philosophy at university is painful for me as I don’t like sophistry.”—

    Sorry man. But take heart, the study of their sophistry only assists us in understanding the enemy. 😉

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-02 09:44:00 UTC

  • by Noah J Revoy We eat harmfully. We choose partners dysgenically. We manage str

    by Noah J Revoy

    We eat harmfully.
    We choose partners dysgenically.
    We manage stress short-sightedly.
    We don’t “weed our own garden”.
    We give our children to the government too deeply, too young and for too long.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-01 22:14:20 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/991440713677262855

  • Bertrand Russell, “The Impact of Science on Society”

    via Steve Pender “The social psychologists of the future will have a number of classes of school children on whom they will try different methods of producing an unshakable conviction that snow is black. Various results will soon be arrived at. First, that the influence of home is obstructive. Second, that not much can be done unless indoctrination begins before the age of ten. Third, that verses set to music and repeatedly intoned are very effective. Fourth, that the opinion that snow is white must be held to show a morbid taste for eccentricity. But I anticipate. It is for future scientists to make these maxims precise and discover exactly how much it costs per head to make children believe that snow is black, and how much less it would cost to make them believe it is dark gray. Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated.” – Bertrand Russell, “The Impact of Science on Society”

  • Bertrand Russell, “The Impact of Science on Society”

    via Steve Pender “The social psychologists of the future will have a number of classes of school children on whom they will try different methods of producing an unshakable conviction that snow is black. Various results will soon be arrived at. First, that the influence of home is obstructive. Second, that not much can be done unless indoctrination begins before the age of ten. Third, that verses set to music and repeatedly intoned are very effective. Fourth, that the opinion that snow is white must be held to show a morbid taste for eccentricity. But I anticipate. It is for future scientists to make these maxims precise and discover exactly how much it costs per head to make children believe that snow is black, and how much less it would cost to make them believe it is dark gray. Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated.” – Bertrand Russell, “The Impact of Science on Society”

  • by Noah J Revoy We eat harmfully. We choose partners dysgenically. We manage str

    by Noah J Revoy

    We eat harmfully.

    We choose partners dysgenically.

    We manage stress short-sightedly.

    We don’t “weed our own garden”.

    We give our children to the government too deeply, too young and for too long.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-01 18:14:00 UTC

  • via Steve Pender “The social psychologists of the future will have a number of c

    via Steve Pender

    “The social psychologists of the future will have a number of classes of school children on whom they will try different methods of producing an unshakable conviction that snow is black. Various results will soon be arrived at. First, that the influence of home is obstructive. Second, that not much can be done unless indoctrination begins before the age of ten. Third, that verses set to music and repeatedly intoned are very effective. Fourth, that the opinion that snow is white must be held to show a morbid taste for eccentricity. But I anticipate. It is for future scientists to make these maxims precise and discover exactly how much it costs per head to make children believe that snow is black, and how much less it would cost to make them believe it is dark gray. Although this science will be diligently studied, it will be rigidly confined to the governing class. The populace will not be allowed to know how its convictions were generated.” – Bertrand Russell, “The Impact of Science on Society”

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-01 12:06:00 UTC