Next time I hear a phrase like “drawing on findings from psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology...” I’m going to throw something something I swear. Sick of glib, lumpenpseudosynthesis Big History by halo-hedgehogs for people rubbernecking at history through TED talks
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Replying to @vgr
How do you feel about "drawing on findings from microeconomics, political theory, and the philosophy of choice"? Maybe what's repugnant is just three BS fields in a row?
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Replying to @edelwax
Not really. It’s the lack of actual synthesis. It’s the idea equivalent of name-dropping or BIRGing. If the idea has substance it should cohere by an internal logic and you can point at it directly rather than its neighbors.
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