Monthly Archives: February 2022

A Reminder (from Seven Years Ago!)

Source: It’s not Russia that’s pushed Ukraine to the brink of war | Seumas Milne | The Guardian

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Opponents of CRT claim that CRT teaches a hatred for whites, but where does this claim come from? How many times exactly have teachers of CRT actually affirmed that Caucasians are inherently evil? – Quora

Probably never. The idea of any person or ethnic group as being “inherently evil” seems to run counter to the basic ideas of Critical Race Theory. And the idea of teaching anything as sophisticated as actual CRT directly to elementary … Continue reading

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What can the zombie argument say about human consciousness? | Aeon Essays

My response to the philosophers’ zombie argument is usually to do a kind of “reverse Turing test” – ie to challenge the philosopher to prove to himself (and to me) that I am not a zombie. If there was anything … Continue reading

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