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Hard Obscurantism

A weekly discussion of the stupidest smart people you might have heard of and their failed misadventures in "Science".

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  1. 6

    Steven Pinker, Part 3

    Steven Pinker slowly drains our will to live as we continue to discuss his book Enlightenment Now

  2. 5

    Steven Pinker, Part 2

    Our conversation about the upstanding intellectual Steven Pinker and his book Enlightenment Now continues.

  3. 4

    Steven Pinker, Part 1

    We begin our discussion of Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now and set off on our quest to save the Enlightenment from the evil hordes of populists and postmodernists. You can check out Pinker's book here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Enlightenment_Now/J6grDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0.

  4. 3

    Malcolm Gladwell, Part 3

    We finish our discussion of Malcolm Gladwell's The Bomber Mafia with a little assist from a scathing review from the LA Review of Books. Check that out here: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-pop-history-bombs-a-response-to-malcolm-gladwells-love-letter-to-american-air-power/

  5. 2

    Malcolm Gladwell, Part 2

    We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly in Malcolm Gladwell's newest book, The Bomber Mafia. And its mostly bad!

  6. 1

    Malcolm Gladwell, Part 1

    An introduction to Hard Obscurantism and a discussion of Malcolm Gladwell's "The Sure Thing" and "Thresholds of Violence". Articles: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/01/18/the-sure-thinghttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/19/thresholds-of-violence

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A weekly discussion of the stupidest smart people you might have heard of and their failed misadventures in "Science".

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Dom & Lockie

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