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Foucault, Pascal, and WEIRD Tendencies

Foucault, Pascal, and WEIRD Tendencies

Jul 09, 2024
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“Colleges and universities tend to select for people with WEIRD tendencies, and then refine and exacerbate those inclinations”... more »

Blaise Pascal was a great scientist convinced that scientific pursuits are vain. Contradiction is a big part of his appeal... more »

Whatever Foucault’s sins, his liberal critics have him wrong. He didn’t start the ident…

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