L. Max Taylor

One wonders how Baron-Cohen's "extreme male brain" theory of autism may intersect with Midgley's insight.

12.02.2025 17:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I enjoyed your piece. It would be interesting to consider how autism contextualizes the work of philosophers we now recognize as autistic. I recently read a 2011 NYer profile of Derek Parfit, whose autism seems obvious. Wittgenstein & Peirce, too.

12.02.2025 17:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Headline on Kash Patel from New York Times

Bravado, New York Times?? Is that what we are calling Patel's potential inappropriate use of the FBI as a tool of revenge rather than law enforcement?

02.12.2024 02:47 — 👍 1576    🔁 264    💬 74    📌 59

Reflects not on you, but on the sexist person who uttered it

29.11.2024 17:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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27.11.2024 00:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How would he do that? He doesn't have the power to fire Vance. He can ostracize him, he can humiliate him, but he cannot involuntarily remove him from the vice-presidency

23.11.2024 03:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sausalito Yacht Club is unavailable, so I guess we'll keep our eyes peeled

13.11.2024 23:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0