There are those that will call that ‘poisoning the well,’ as Peter Singer was saying stupid things about defunding the coal industry instead of vile things about how parents should be permitted to kill their babies. To which I say: fine. I’m not making a logical argument*. I’m highlighting the fact that Slate published a monster. I’m sure that the website feels that it can easily weather my disapproval of their editorial process.
Moe Lane
PS: link via here. I decline to directly link to monsters if I can help it.
*I know that this will shock some people, but logic is not actually the game-ender that the Internet collectively seems to think that it is. I know, I know: even to write that out feels more than a little transgressive (I am, after all, an Internet denizen). But it remains true nonetheless.
Can’t stand this guy. I do think, though, that he is proof that the best way to become a famous professor is to stake out some unique and utterly ridiculous position and then defend that position for 30 years.