Hard Obscurantism

Dom & Lockie

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Social Sciences
Updated Semiweekly

A weekly discussion of the stupidest smart people you might have heard of and their failed misadventures in "Science".

02/28/2022

Steven Pinker, Part 3

Steven Pinker slowly drains our will to live as we continue to discuss his book Enlightenment Now
02/12/2022

Steven Pinker, Part 2

Our conversation about the upstanding intellectual Steven Pinker and his book Enlightenment Now continues.
11/09/2021

Steven Pinker, Part 1

We begin our discussion of Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now and set off on our quest to save the Enlightenment from the evil hordes of populists and postmodernists. You can check out Pinker's book here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Enlightenment_Now/J6grDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0.
10/12/2021

Malcolm Gladwell, Part 3

We finish our discussion of Malcolm Gladwell's The Bomber Mafia with a little assist from a scathing review from the LA Review of Books. Check that out here: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-pop-history-bombs-a-response-to-malcolm-gladwells-love-letter-to-american-air-power/
09/28/2021

Malcolm Gladwell, Part 2

We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly in Malcolm Gladwell's newest book, The Bomber Mafia. And its mostly bad!
09/21/2021

Malcolm Gladwell, Part 1

An introduction to Hard Obscurantism and a discussion of Malcolm Gladwell's "The Sure Thing" and "Thresholds of Violence". Articles: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/01/18/the-sure-thinghttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/19/thresholds-of-violence

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A weekly discussion of the stupidest smart people you might have heard of and their failed misadventures in "Science".

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Dom & Lockie
Years Active

2021 - 2022
Episodes

6
Rating

Explicit
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Hard Obscurantism