Monthly Archives: May 2022

The Media Are The Lapdogs Of The Experts (5-31-22)

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Luke Ford

00:00 How did Salvador Ramos get the money to buy his guns? 01:40 Why did the police repeatedly lie to us? 12:00 Fact-check: Do ‘more people die from hands, fists, feet, than rifles’?, https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2022/05/30/fbi-data-deaths-hands-fists-feet-versus-rifles/9960682002/ 16:30 WSJ: Political Narratives Are the … Continue reading →

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The End Of Citizenship (5-30-22)

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Luke Ford

03:00 Vouch nationalism and bonding among scientists, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=143499 14:00 Dutton and Spencer on the Psychology of a Spree Shooter, https://odysee.com/@radix:c/psychology-spree:d 37:30 Rodney Martin joins to talk about Ukraine 45:50 What does Putin want? 53:00 Raising age to buy a gun? … Continue reading →

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The Politics Of Expertise (2013)

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Luke Ford

Here are excerpts from this book by Stephen Turner: * The client trusts the lawyer to exert himself on behalf of the client. However, the client not being a lawyer, is not in a position to effectively judge whether the … Continue reading →

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The Market for Goods and the Market for Ideas (5-29-22)

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Luke Ford

00:00 When Did Intellectuals Stop Supporting The Free Market Of Ideas? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=143526 02:00 Economist Ronald Coase, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Coase 22:00 John Milton’s Areopagitica, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areopagitica 38:00 Colleges that so want free speech they don’t take federal funds, https://deanclancy.com/a-list-of-colleges-that-dont-take-federal-money/ 42:00 People are less interested … Continue reading →

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When Did Intellectuals Stop Supporting The Free Market Of Ideas?

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Luke Ford

I just read the famous Ronald Coase 1974 essay on the free market of ideas. I was struck that this economist takes for granted that intellectuals support the free market of ideas. When did this de facto intellectual support for … Continue reading →

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