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I grew up fascinated by these essays from maybe age 8 onward. Now I realize the pervasive bad faith in them, e.g. dismissing Murray (The Bell Curve) and enthro
by thanatropism 1y ago
I grew up fascinated by these essays from maybe age 8 onward.
Now I realize the pervasive bad faith in them, e.g. dismissing Murray (The Bell Curve) and enthronizing the in-retrospect-irrelevant Jay Gould. I knew his novels were kind of silly, but he was supposed to be a Scientist educating us in the scientific view of the world, goddamn it.
- the_af 1y ago> enthronizing the in-retrospect-irrelevant Jay Gould What? Stephen Jay Gould is not irrelevant. > I knew his novels were kind of silly They are not silly. They belong to a different era of Science Fiction, sure. But silly? (He did engage in intentionally goofy humor, of course, but I don't think that's what you meant). > he was supposed to be a Scientist educating us in the scientific view of the world, goddamn it. Asimov? He was!