Ran across this article in my Scientific American app today. I looked up the author, and bought his book.
Looks very interesting. We shall see. Goes to some prior posts (to cite just a few for now).
Of course, the "anti-science" stuff (a continuing burr under my saddle) invariably maps to other topics. Another new read in that area.
And, we mustn't forget the swell Project 2025, etc.
A breadth of sneering anti-"Woke Cultural Elites" vitriol.
"God SAID it; I BELIEVE it; that SETTLES it."
Trust the Plan
"God SAID it; I BELIEVE it; that SETTLES it."
Trust the Plan
Lots more to come. Just getting underway with this stuff.
A BRIEF MOMENT OF LEVITY
Worried about science policy? Don't fret, Trump may prevail soon.
Sorry. The Power of Photoshop Compels Me...
ANTI-SCIENTIFIC AMERICANS UPDATE
The further I read into Matthew Motta's book, the more I am impressed. A central citation / launch riff of his is Richard Hofstadter's 1964 Pulitzer-prize awarded Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.
I was born in Feb 1946. The U.S. 1950's speak directly to me (I recall the GOP "I Like Ike" campaign stuff and Red Scare McCarthyism). I was graduated from high school in Somerville NJ in 1964, the year of this Hofstadter book publication. At the time, my mind was way elsewhere—uh, girls (quixotically) and guitars. Belatedly pissed that I'm only now reading it.
Nonetheless, thank you effusively, Matthew, for the cite. This stuff could scarcely be more timely, in light of our current, vexing MAGApocene.
UPDATE
Additional topical stuff from a prior post.
ERRATUM: KINDLE HIGHLIGHTING
NOTE: I really like the Kindle app "highlighting" functionality. I find it helpful in reading more carefully. I'd like to see them add two more highlight colors—light grey and pale green.
UPDATE
More to come...
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