Scott

Nice episode. Glad to hear you explore the difference between schooling and education with greater exploration of the gray areas. Educational researchers are not the enemy.😄

“The postmodernists of the 1920s….” Hi, Brett, I recognize you’re likely to continue dismissing any criticism of objectivism out-of-hand with the usual ad homs and straw men generalizations, but I think it’s important to register the postmodernist challenge to objectivist theory anyway on your website for the 20% of your audience open to debate. I…[Read more]

Hi, Brett (my new rhetorical bff), with your approval, I’d like to cash in any credits I’ve earned for your on-air answer to these 2 questions (which I’ve thought a lot about and subjectively valued your answers to at .95 each). I’ve stayed within the theme of postmodernism in hopes it may generate your more immediate consideration:

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Oh, sorry, I didn’t realize that it was the UT prof and not yourself that was putting out this series, calling for donations, and making the claim of being “above” the postmodernists’ philosophy. With such a title and your name at the top of the bill, I figured surely you’ve read enough of Derrida yourself to at least challenge this academic on…[Read more]

That’s better, a question rather than threatening censorship. My main concern is that you are presenting a second-hand version of postmodernism. Postmodernism through Rand’s eyes or postmodernism through Jordan Peterson’s eyes, and I don’t think either one of these second-hand views accurately represents the depth and objective science of…[Read more]

Dear Brett, would you mind sharing which of the postmodernist’s books you read as the primary sources for your critique? I’m always curious to know where these kind of ideas come from. Many thanks!

Honestly, Brett, it’s a good thing you changed your karma a few years ago, gained self-knowledge, found the Trivium (X3), self-esteem (X6) and NVC (X4) (QED = 72), and didn’t weaponize or proselytize them to others before integrating them in yourself in multi-part series, calling out your peers, like another libertarian religion! Que sera ser…[Read more]

Hi, Brett, I thought I heard an admission in here that Jan Irvin was right about your use of NVC. Sorry I didn’t care enough to mark the time. It was followed by some nervous laughter, so I wasn’t sure if you were being ironic, sarcastic, or honest. Perhaps this mean a retraction about your multiple episodes about The Trivium and NVC is…[Read more]

I remember reading Kahneman’s bestseller awhile ago, but I don’t remember him saying that System 2 was better or more likely to lead to objective truths than System 1 thinking. In fact, I think the point of his book was to point out advantages and shortcomings of both systems of thinking, fast and slow. Consider Serena Williams is not thinking…[Read more]