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A chapter of apologetics for philosophy and classics departments. Odd addition to the book. I can see how we cannot remove it from it's very European roots and the authors' response. I think we should expand these departments but that does not seem to cross their minds. I think the language issue would be less so if America implemented some good foreign language requirements. Based on Wyoming, that might be a while..

Weiss adds to the unexamined fields. 'They can make up tradition as the go along' is the claim made for indegenous tribes. Nice lack of citation there. More complaining about virtue signaling. There is a discussion to be had about when something goes from respected grave site to anthropology. However, not applying it equally is what I see as a problem. These talks are not had about ossuaries in Europe for instance.

Satel argues that soon to be physicians are being morphed into activists along with the usual complaints about social justice. There are literal books on the discrepencies in health based on race, class, gender and other factors. This seems like one of the more willfully ignorant essays, especially from a woman. I was barely a thing when they started to include women in medical research.

Did they get their talking points from Fox? Complaints about various headlines mostly from the left. They complain about both sides in a paragraph but spend most of the time misunderstanding many arguements of those they disagree with from the left. Very little introspection on any of the topics. We should respect all cultures, test their practices to see if they have merit, and sex and gender are different.