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Looking For a New Assistant Editor | Savage Minds — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:10:51 +0000

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By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:28:32 +0000

Everyone check out Ryan Anderson post about us vs. the economists, well the neoliberal ones anyway. The once that actually run for profession: I was great, but I think that we closer look what what is going of is needed. I’m gonna think a little, but I just took an ambien and, I’m gonna loose the power to spell pretty soon.

Night.

A good book to read from an economist refused to drink the cool-aid:

Why Economics Is Not Yet a Science (Paperback)
~ Alfred S. Eichner (Author)

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By: Daniel Lende

Daniel Lende — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:02:10 +0000

Thanks so much for the link!

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By: Carlos Malavoglia

Carlos Malavoglia — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:56:24 +0000

Sokal was and is an opportunist whose “opportunity” has passed. He never had anything relevant to say, and indeed the point is very well taken by Jay Sosa.

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By: Paul Ryer

Paul Ryer — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:18:53 +0000

Thanks for the ethnocuba link, Jay!

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By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:36:33 +0000

You’ve got to check out the comment section from that ZeroAnthro post. A post that I wrote for here was swallowed by the spam filter, so I cut and pasted it from here on that site. (I now copy all posts before submitting. I recommend it.)

Max really shows his ass on that one. I especially have to point to the part in his vitriolic rant when he says, “Fuck Darfur!”

I was truly blown away. I don’t think I’ve ever met someone in real life who would say all of those things, yet he seems to do it consistently.

Why does the community of practice continue to not only tolerate, but patronize this kind of frothing radical hate? Aren’t we the ones that she nuanced gray, when others see only black and white?

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By: Max Forte

Max Forte — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:03:28 +0000

Also thanks for the link Jay!

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By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:14:45 +0000

For the Economist article. It is stated that major demographic variables fail to account for the increase (if there is an increase, or if people just started to keep records in certain places). There is a good deal of research on the cultural ecology of different places, and their effects on such phenomenon. This is also something that wouldn’t be accounted for by most economists.

For example, the much higher rate of bride burning in Northern vs. Southern India (I think I got that right), was accounted for by one anthropologist by the different farming environment, due to soil differences. This difference in material conditions, changed the cultural ecology of the two regions, and produced differential pressure through the political economy on households, which lead to more brides getting burned. It should also be noted that it was usually the matriarch of the household who was responsible for the pressure to burn the bride.

I would look for differential pressures placed on households in different environmental conditions, but subject to the same legal, and economic ones.

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By: ryan a

ryan a — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:12:15 +0000

Thanks for the link Jay!

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By: Arkhy

Arkhy — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:58:04 +0000

Thanks for the link to the Sokal article, but that’s a cheap shot you take at him; there is no causal connection between his past actions and the lack of interest in philosophy displayed by physicists today. He is clear on the differences between the philosophy up and coming physicists lack and the particular philosophy of science that he lampooned. This is a distinction that is also very much present, as he pointed out, in philosophy departments in the US.

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