Saturday, February 29, 2020
Mini Mike!
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Friday, February 28, 2020
Would you like regular or democratic?
David Harsanyi:
No, Bernie isn't Stalin. He claims to be a democratic socialist. I get it. But there's an array of good reasons no one says, "Hey, let’s give democratic fascism a shot." There are just as many good reasons not to normalize socialism. At their core, both ideologies are authoritarian. The only difference is that academics and our cultural stewards have whitewashed one of them.It's usually not a good sign when one has to specify that one's ideology is the "democratic" version.
Party of Science Hardest Hit
In the Wall Street Journal earlier this month, biologists Colin M. Wright and Emma N. Hilton discussed the results from what is perhaps the longest running experiment in human history, namely, determining the number of sexes/genders. Spoiler alert: there are two.
Key takeaway:
The time for politeness on this issue has passed. Biologists and medical professionals need to stand up for the empirical reality of biological sex. When authoritative scientific institutions ignore or deny empirical fact in the name of social accommodation, it is an egregious betrayal to the scientific community they represent. It undermines public trust in science, and it is dangerously harmful to those most vulnerable.Via Jazz Shaw.
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