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Tag Archives: denialism
Youtube: Anti-reflexivity for beginners
By far the most viewed youtube I’ve done. And I learnt a hell of a lot in the making of it…
Trained Incapacity – climate denialists, much?
Herman Kahn was a Doctor Strangelove character handily eviscerated by Noam Chomsky back in the day. Anyhow, here is a short piece he wrote slagging off humanities graduates. It has other applications as well, I would suggest… The Expert and … Continue reading
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Tagged denialism, Herman Kahn, Trained Incapacity
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Moron denialist dealings. Sorry, “more on” denialist dealings…
I did a long (tl;dr?) and detailed post in April on how to deal with the inevitable shouty old denialist Uncle. More recently, I was at a public event and someone asked for advice on dealing with people who were … Continue reading