Justin Weinberg
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Amusing annals of philosophy blogs
The philosophy blogosphere, perhaps like the profession itself (and certainly like cyberspace), has divided into camps. This blog, as longtime readers know, is not friendly to the “wokerati,” but the “safe space” blog (whose provocations I mostly ignore) tried to run a thread on the death of John Searle. Predictably, given its audience, it devolved…
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An open letter about calling attention to the open letter to OUP attacking an unread and unreleased book
A propos this (and see also), this response by philosopher Moti Gorin (Colorado State) is pretty funny: By platforming this letter, which, unlike Lawford-Smith’s book, can be read — having been violently ripped from the realm of the merely possible to the realm of the actual — Weinberg promotes inaccurate stereotypes about unread books, such…
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Some further thoughts on Twitter
The first round of observations was so popular (especially on Twitter!), I thought I'd add a few more based on things I've learned and observed the last couple of months. 1. I came across this interesting chart via Justin Weinberg's blog, which shows that the vast majority of U.S. adults do not use Twitter at all…
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Justin Weinberg Passive-Aggressive Blogging Watch, part 932
Last week (as noted the other day) Weinberg wrote another ponderously long response to this. I skimmed a bit of it, but I find him tedious and uninteresting, so I didn't read it with any care. Philosopher John Schwenkler (Florida State) posted some criticisms on Facebook and also in the comments at the "safe space"…
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Justin Weinberg does it again
Many readers have been writing me about Weinberg’s coverage of the 3AM fiasco–in which Richard Marshall’s interview with Holly Lawford-Smith was withdrawn because it offended those who “think correctly”–which may have set a new low for the ridiculous contortions required by the New Infantilism that he has long championed. I’ll let a couple of my…
I’m a software engineer who works at “AI adjacent” startups, and I think this article is a bit dramatic, but…