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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 3h

The sheer idiocy of MAGA identity politics. They correctly saw that social justice as elite diversification was a scam. Their response? Bring back racism & sexism! All’s forgiven! I mean, I see why the billionaires would go for this. But the rank and file are exceptionally cucked, as they say.

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 6h

Don’t worry she can’t read or write anyway

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 6h

When did it become desirable or even expected that humanities /social science academics write for magazines, publish trade books, and so on? In philosophy it used to be looked down upon. I kinda miss those times.

NB: ‘Real’ scientists still don’t have to do any of this.

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 21h

And then people ask me why I’m suspicious of morality in politics

“British and German military chiefs press ‘moral’ case for rearmament”

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 1d

A hilarious corollary is that Western admissions policies make the above strategy easier for Chinese elites: even if their kids can’t hack the Gaokao they can always buy credentials in the West. We outsourced manufacturing and they’ve outsourced privilege laundering through education.

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 1d

There are many factors. But it’s certainly one factor that explains their success in key scientific developments

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 1d

Worried about the rise of China?

Replace the mix of poshness and wokeness that determines who gets into top Anglo schools with something like the Gaokao.

What’s that you say? No? Okay then.

Matt Sleat @mattsleat.bsky.social · 4d

Getting the old team back together. Pleased to say that I have joined @enzoreds.bsky.social once more as co-editor of European Journal of Political Theory. Looking forward to seeing what people are working on these days (having been slightly removed from the theory world for a couple of years).

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 5d

Can you think of a paper in political philosophy as succinct and devastating as Gettier’s JTB piece?

Like: here’s a view. Here’s proof that lots of bigwigs hold it. And here’s a hellish counterexample. Bam.

Would be good to show this template to students in our field. Can it be done?

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, 10th floor. But it’s a tiny cute mouse, the photo makes the tail look much bigger than it is

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 6d

Definitely a tiny mouse, I saw it running under that door

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 6d

Yes. On the 10th floor of a very modern building. It’s still Amsterdam I guess

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 6d

It’s nice to work in a dept that doesn’t become a total desert at night

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah I think I’m gonna ignore it

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 7d

“Metascience Novelty Indicators Challenge” — What on earth is this? Is it really a UK Government thing?

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 9d

In the US academia is becoming unviable outside the R1 environment. And soon it will be unviable outside the ultra-elite tier of R1s. The UK is in a similar situation. The few European institutions in the global/Anglo R1 game are holding up for now, but it’s scary.

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 14d

Yeah no that’s more of a weird side effect of Protestantism + exactness, sigh. We’ll cure it eventually

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 14d

Nah it’s the mystical screechers who riff off the artists

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 17d

😭

enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 17d

It’s not true that philosophy has no empirical results to show for itself. The results are the empirical sciences philosophy birthed. Next level stuff.

NB They were birthed from the exactness & clarity-seeking bits of philosophy, not from the mystical screeching side of things.