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If you're asking how people can hold contradictory ideas... then I'd invite you do some self reflection. You probably hold some. We all do. Striving towards cla
by opnitro 6y ago
If you're asking how people can hold contradictory ideas... then I'd invite you do some self reflection. You probably hold some. We all do. Striving towards clarity of thought takes a while.
As for white supremacists in specific, let's take David Duke and Richard Spencer for example. (As you agreed above they were white supremacists) Both of these people claim to believe in science and reason, yet also believe in the superiority of the white race.
- memimo 6y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve
- opnitro 6y agoA book riddled with methodological errors, and not even peer reviewed, does not a good post make
- snowwrestler 6y agoIf you (or any reader) are interested in substantive critiques of this book, here are two: https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/papers/Heritability.html https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/block/papers/Her... https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/5/18/15655638/charles-murray-race-iq-sam-harris-science-free-speech https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/5/18/15655638/charles-...
- AgentME 6y agoHere's an unusually good video critiquing it too: https://youtu.be/UBc7qBS1Ujo https://youtu.be/UBc7qBS1Ujo