#Philosophy

Simon DeDeo

SimonDeDeo

A brief appreciation of @NegarestaniReza's _Intelligence and Spirit_ from @urbanomicdotcom, and in particular, the final chapter on the philosophy of intelligence.https://amzn.to/3elGWI7 I&S gets something really right, I think, which i

John Holbo

jholbo1

On the other hand, this thread is very fair. What this gets at is that the issue is the social acceptability of expressions of personal contempt, in face-to-face, or professional

Be A King

BerniceKing

I know many people want to put my father in a ‘Love & Civility’ box. I get it. It makes him more palatable and it allows people to think that

Teuta Skenderi

TeutaSkenderi

“Mr Secretary General, we are not the first envoys of the Albanian population living in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia to have addressed the League of Nations concerning the lamentable state

David Perell

david_perell

Every time I go to somebody’s house, I sneak a photo of their bookshelf.This one’s pretty good. Here’s the bookshelf in my room. Added a couple extra recommendations too.

Bethany S. Mandel

bethanyshondark

I’d like to tell you about homeschooling. Pull up a chair and circle round.https://twitter.com/liz_wheeler/status/1194337716885807104 In all seriousness I am always happy to discuss with anyone considering it. We use the

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

The philosopher Diogenes (c.412-323 BCE) was described by Plato as ‘a Socrates gone mad'. He lived in a barrel & believed man must embrace nature & reject shame. He openly

Jan Hasselman

JanHasselman

1. Federal court litigator here. “Originalism” isn’t a legitimate judicial philosophy, its just cover for a different set of policy preferences. Most of those policy preferences are deeply unpopular. 2.

Great Women of Mathematics

GWOMaths

GREAT WOMAN OF MATHEMATICS: WANG ZHENYI, 1768-1797. Born at a time when Neo-Confucianism, a conservative strain of social philosophy, was ascendant, Zhenyi (Wang is the family name) had a lot

Adam Habib

AdHabb

I just finished a long day at work & was fasting,so I am tired & don’t have the energy for a long twitter brouhaha with AfriForum’s supporters. I am bemused

David Roberts

drvolts

This is the dumbest fucking thing I've ever seen.https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1311282192337772546 A quick word on WHY this is dumb, to connect it to something I've been thinking about. One thing you learn

Ellen Ripley Fanpage™️

TheStarWarrior2

I like to think that Alien and Blade Runner exist in the same universe. Ridley Scott seems to think so. Is that controversial or are most fans on board with

Alex Kaschuta

kaschuta

My early Patreon release this week is my conversation on Empire, Moral Fervor, and Modernity with @DarrenJBeattie https://www.patreon.com/posts/darren-beattie-51090689?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campa

Historians of Iran

HistorianofIran

When the Abbasids defeated the Umayyads, they eventually decided on founding a new capital city. Under Al Mansur they built the city of Baghdad, blending knowledge of astrology and urban

Has Jeff Bezos Decided To End World Hunger?

HasBezosDecided

I think potentially a good model for a socialist democracy could be one that is quasi-representative and quasi-direct. Representatives don't earn anything more than, as Lenin puts it, a "workman's

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Trump wasn't elected to solve problems. He was elected to spew poisonous, cultural rage and destroy the government, including every program and resource meant to help people live better, longer