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this comment reads like you called Jared Diamond a "grifter" e.g. diligent con and knowing thief.. maybe you did not mean that exactly?
by mistrial9 3y ago
this comment reads like you called Jared Diamond a "grifter" e.g. diligent con and knowing thief.. maybe you did not mean that exactly?
- alephnerd 3y agoI did mean that. No one in the academic PoliSci, Sociology, or Anthropology space views him as credible. He is a great Ecologist and Environmental Historian, but he is not someone with domain experience in Comparative Politics, Political Economy, IR, and/or other adjacent fields which people try to extrapolate GGS to.
- michaelcampbell 3y ago> other adjacent fields which people try to extrapolate GGS to I don't have a dog in the fight other than having read (most of) GG&S and found his writing style laborious, but the quoted bit above seems more like an issue with those other people that Diamond. If I say "x" and people extrapolate that to things for which it was not intended, how does that make _ME_ a grifter?
- alephnerd 3y agoThe issue is Jared Diamond explicitly argues for Environmental Determinism despite it largely being bunk. He has had multiple opportunities to clear up his arguments, but he only digs deeper and deeper into it.