The Red Phone
11th March 2008
Steve Sailer has an interesting illustration of how combining one silly notion (identity politics) with an entirely silly career path (sociology) makes for entertainment for the rest of us.
I have spent my life studying the pictures and symbols of racism and slavery,…
And there’s his problem right there. If you only have a hammer, problems tend to look like nails; if you spend your life studying racism and slavery, you’ll find it crop up in the most unlikely places. That’s why they warn med students not to get too excited when they think they’re developing the symptoms of every new disease they study.