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John Jackson
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Historian of scientific racism. Here's how to find all my stuff: https://www.johnpjacksonjr.com/
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Rudolph Carnap said it best.
A snippet from Rudolph Carnap's Einführung In Die Symbolische Logik Which reads: L34 — 4. ,M‘ sei irgend eines der gemäß D17 — 3 definierten Prädikate zweiter Stufe ,0', ,1 % ,2‘ usw. Dann sind die folgenden Satzformeln L-wahr. a. M{F).M (G) D Is, (P, 0). b. M (F) . I Sl (F, G)DM (0). c. M (P) D ( M (G) = (P, G)). (Aus (a), (b).) d. aequ (7^) ( M ). (Aus (c), Dl.) + e. Str^M). (Aus (d), D3.) f. M (F)D M = (— , P). (Aus (c).) g. M (P) D M = str x (P). (Aus (f), D2.) Wir haben die Eigenschaften zweiter Stufe 0, 1 usw. schon früher Kar- dinalzahlen genannt (17 c). Erst jetzt, nach Definition des allgemeinen Begriffes der Kardinalzahl (, Str^), haben wir zeigen können, daß sie tat- sächlich Kardinalzahlen sind (L4e).
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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"sugared-out?" I'm not familiar with that concept....
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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My debate coach used to say if we could run we weren't talking fast enough.
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Oh, quote boy!
Doonesbury cartoon strip featuring 19th century characters. Dialogue: "T. Hamilton Tripler, Sir, the new quote boy." "Welcome to our shop, Tripler, I'm Higgins, quote supervisor. I assume you're familiar with our end of things. We provide the flourishes of erudition so indispensable to a George Will commentary. It is not as simple as it sounds. The effortless recall of exquisitely germane sayings is a lost art. Your predecessor was a case in point." "Is it true he was fired for quoting rock lyrics?" "There was some unpleasantness, yes."
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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"The Pol Pot Chair of Jurisprudence"
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Larry Summers’s co-teacher at Harvard:

“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”

Student:

“NO WE WON’T”

dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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In the 1950s & 60s, they defended segregation. Richard Lynn explicitly called for an all-white ethnostate. Many of his followers publish with and cite as authorities white nationalists.
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Racial hereditarian research remains unjustified and harmful: A reply to Woodley et al. (2025a, b)
In two simultaneously published articles in Intelligence, Woodley et al. (2025a, b) claimed that the RHR literature is very small, lacks impact and in…
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November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM