Adam
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
(with (c), the idea being that students learning philosophy should be exposed to how a reductionist view is defended, since reductionisms of various kinds abound)
December 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
(with (c), the idea being that students learning philosophy should be exposed to how a reductionist view is defended, since reductionisms of various kinds abound)
In addition to Mill being a big figure in Anglo philosophy generally, I have to wonder whether utilitarianism constantly shows up in intro ethics because (a) Mill's defense is short (b) Mill anticipates lots of objections and hence is a good dialectical model (c) the axiology is reductionist
December 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In addition to Mill being a big figure in Anglo philosophy generally, I have to wonder whether utilitarianism constantly shows up in intro ethics because (a) Mill's defense is short (b) Mill anticipates lots of objections and hence is a good dialectical model (c) the axiology is reductionist
You’re a mensch! Thank you
December 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
You’re a mensch! Thank you
There's an old New Yorker cartoon that I can never find depicting two guys at a bar talking. One is wearing a Yankees cap. Caption is something like "Oh no, understandable mistake, but I'm not a New York Yankees Fan. I'm a New York Yankees cap fan"
December 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
There's an old New Yorker cartoon that I can never find depicting two guys at a bar talking. One is wearing a Yankees cap. Caption is something like "Oh no, understandable mistake, but I'm not a New York Yankees Fan. I'm a New York Yankees cap fan"
Congruent with the idea that there is homosexual behavior but not gay people who have a sexual orientation
December 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Congruent with the idea that there is homosexual behavior but not gay people who have a sexual orientation
The weaker thing I think is that this trains students to learn how to distinguish natural language claims formulated unclearly or ambiguously. The stronger thing is that there is genuine merit in formulating arguments in a way where everything needed for validity is explicit
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The weaker thing I think is that this trains students to learn how to distinguish natural language claims formulated unclearly or ambiguously. The stronger thing is that there is genuine merit in formulating arguments in a way where everything needed for validity is explicit
Working in tech support has really brought home how ubiquitous the intentional stance is in ordinary talk about machines
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Working in tech support has really brought home how ubiquitous the intentional stance is in ordinary talk about machines
still thinking about my first meeting with a psychiatrist last week who asked, when I said I am an atheist, "but what does that do for you? like does it make this life more important?" and I was blindsided that apparently the obvious way to think about religious belief is whether it's useful
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
still thinking about my first meeting with a psychiatrist last week who asked, when I said I am an atheist, "but what does that do for you? like does it make this life more important?" and I was blindsided that apparently the obvious way to think about religious belief is whether it's useful
I was also surprised (unpleasantly) by the art style in the village. Can't say strongly enough that it's worth pushing through
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I was also surprised (unpleasantly) by the art style in the village. Can't say strongly enough that it's worth pushing through
Rock over London, Rock on Chicago---Wheaties, the Breakfast of Champions
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Rock over London, Rock on Chicago---Wheaties, the Breakfast of Champions
*slaps roof of truck* this bad boy can fit so many incongruent counterparts in it
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
*slaps roof of truck* this bad boy can fit so many incongruent counterparts in it
for muted horns you can't do better than Mingus. If you want the lonely noir feeling the go for Bohren & der Club of Gore, Sunset Mission in particular but their whole discography in general
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 AM
for muted horns you can't do better than Mingus. If you want the lonely noir feeling the go for Bohren & der Club of Gore, Sunset Mission in particular but their whole discography in general
fondly recalling a time in grad school when, at a beginning-of-the-year dept party, the professor hosting the party had me demonstrate how i eat a cocktail shrimp, so as to confirm that i would not waste any of the tail meat
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
fondly recalling a time in grad school when, at a beginning-of-the-year dept party, the professor hosting the party had me demonstrate how i eat a cocktail shrimp, so as to confirm that i would not waste any of the tail meat
Harder than Lost Lace? Dang
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Harder than Lost Lace? Dang
We love to name a claim ‘(**)’
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We love to name a claim ‘(**)’
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
LED headlights are out of control. it beggars belief
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
LED headlights are out of control. it beggars belief
[gestures in the direction of Smashing Pumpkins]
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 AM
[gestures in the direction of Smashing Pumpkins]
Not to mention the playing is so measured and precise, so tight. Some of the phrases and meters are genuinely weird and they just nail every single one
November 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Not to mention the playing is so measured and precise, so tight. Some of the phrases and meters are genuinely weird and they just nail every single one
Among other things, they do "bring the riff back slower" but also in a new key, a new tempo, a new harmonic context, and an entirely different song
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Among other things, they do "bring the riff back slower" but also in a new key, a new tempo, a new harmonic context, and an entirely different song
Been listening to this again recently and after nearly 10 years it still has new details for me to discover. Crafty, twisting riffs and figures, callbacks in unexpected places. sumac.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
What One Becomes, by SUMAC
5 track album
sumac.bandcamp.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Been listening to this again recently and after nearly 10 years it still has new details for me to discover. Crafty, twisting riffs and figures, callbacks in unexpected places. sumac.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...