A Million Tiny Pieces: Descent into Epistemological Crisis
The 77 percent was gone, and it was not coming back, and no exhortation about trusting the experts could possibly retrieve it, because the people had not made an error. They had learned.
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Childhood Vaccines: A Case Study in Epistemological Dissolution
This is part of a series of essays that examine the current epistemological crisis. PART I: The Fauci Affair and Our Epistemological CrisisPART II: A
The Long Dissolution
A few did not put it aside, and from 1962 forward there existed in America a small population of people who had understood something the majority had declined to understand — and who would be proved right again, and again, and again, for sixty years, all the while being called cranks the entire time.
How We Got Here: The Hollow Stasis
It was an age, aptly titled the ‘Wonder Years’ by a nostalgic show of my childhood, where the question ‘How would we know?’ was on everyone’s minds, confident that they would continue to answer it with little miracles of modern life.
The Fauci Affair and Our Epistemological Crisis
Even when the underlying facts are public, undisputed in their particulars, available to anyone who wants them, the country divides cleanly in two the moment anyone asks what they show. We have grown so used to this that we have stopped finding it strange.
It is very strange.
Charlie Kirk and the Catastrophic Fallacy at the Crux of Our Political Divide
While the assassination of Charlie Kirk was devastatingly horrific, it is possible that the response from regular people on the left has been even more
The ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech that Almost Never Happened
Midway through his speech at the 1963 March on Washington, Martin Luther King, Jr. changed his mind. The Baptist minister had intended to use his
How the Close of the Frontier Brought About Our Cultural Collapse
The close of the frontier in the 1890s was the undoing of Columbus’ voyage and discovery of the New World in the 1490s.
Special 10th Anniversary Hardcover Edition Juggernaut
The 10th anniversary edition of the groundbreaking theory of political economy-updated, expanded, and revised. By historical accounts, there has never been a better time to
Tearing at the Seams: Tribalism in Postmodern America
If you ask average Americans what they most like about their country, they might well tell you ‘Diversity’. If you ask them what they find
Trump-Hating toward Totalitarianism
In the climax of the classic Pirates of Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs is shown presenting his iconic 1984 Big Brother commercial before his adoring audience.
Everything Is a Blue/Black White/Gold Dress and It’s Tearing Us Apart
Do you trust the election system? Chances are, if you’re a Democrat, you do, and, if you’re a Republican, you don’t. A new poll found
The Myth of Divisiveness
As the final poll numbers came in over the weekend and news outlets began declaring Joe Biden victor of the 2020 presidential election, the response
How to Avoid Civil War
If there’s one thing everyone agrees upon in the lead up to the election, it’s that we all disagree. We disagree on pretty much every
Logic in the Time of Corona
The first casualty in the Coronavirus Pandemic was reason. Even before the WHO Issued its first warnings, experts were jumping to conclusions and average people
In Defense of Thanksgiving
Unpopular opinion of the day: Thanksgiving is the best holiday. Chesterton said “Thanks are the highest form of thought.” What could possibly be a better
Adventures in Inclusivity
In April, 2019, the San Antonio City Council passed a motion to exclude Chick-fil-A from being a vendor at the city’s international airport for not
The Illiberalism Heresy
A new crusade is afoot. No, it’s not against the civilization-wrecking incendiaries of ISIS. Nor is it against the single greatest threat to life in
How to Disagree: Three Rules to Make the Most of Our Divisiveness
There is a rule that you should never talk about politics or religion in polite company. I’ve never been a fan. What else is worth
The Year Identity Trumped Reality
In 2016 we were introduced to the concept of ‘fake news’. In 2017 we didn’t need fake news because reality itself had grown so absurd.