Anyone familiar with the fusillades over race and racial differences these past few decades will be aware that there are some subjects generally regarded as “too hot to touch.” The confrontation-averse are well advised to avoid such subjects, as those on one side are prone to hurling insults rather than reasoned arguments with evidentiary …
Category: intelligence
Apr 07 2021
When Smart People Write Dumb Things
“We’re all fools, most of our lives. It’s unavoidable.” –Jean Valjean in Les Miserables Everyone, at some point in his life, says or does something he later regrets. It’s part and parcel of human fallibility. It’s also a solid foundation for one of the Redeemer’s least-appreciated sayings: Judge not, that ye be …