tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post3648413091048681524..comments2024-03-27T23:53:59.771-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: The Evidence in the CaseLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-60233847428738559762020-10-15T08:58:14.072-04:002020-10-15T08:58:14.072-04:00Brian, you're right, he's not a historian....Brian, you're right, he's not a historian. But I encourage non-historians to read "Guns, Germs & Steel" anyway because... well, it's a start to crack away at that Western chauvinism BS. (More about that coming up next week.) I hated Diamond's "Collapse". Another great 30,000-er is Yuval Noah Harari, whose book Sapiens took Diamond's article on the "Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race" and ran hard with that. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-88324798620286788422020-10-15T00:43:40.008-04:002020-10-15T00:43:40.008-04:00Great post, Eve! I am going to have to disagree wi...Great post, Eve! I am going to have to disagree with one of your points. Not the main one, that's beyond dispute. Your contention that Jared Diamond writes history. He doesn't. He's an epidemiologist, and as an historian there's nothing I like more than to be lectured about my discipline by someone with no training in said discipline (/sarcasm). For a better recitation of the holes in Diamond's 30,000 foot high approach, I'd like to refer you to Anand Giridharadas' epic takedown of his latest book, UPHEAVAL:<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/books/review/upheaval-jared-diamond.html<br /><br />The rest of your post? LOVE it, as always!Brian Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14164348967846859987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-84631022928655917272020-10-09T09:35:09.331-04:002020-10-09T09:35:09.331-04:00It's called plausible deniability when the ine...It's called plausible deniability when the inevitable schotastic terrorism happens. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-47152603793450941692020-10-08T19:46:39.843-04:002020-10-08T19:46:39.843-04:00For the same reasons, some politicians dislike sci...For the same reasons, some politicians dislike science where facts count and opinions are merely hypotheses.<br /><br />Likewise annoying is the propensity of certain radio commentators to shade their phrasing to deliberately confuse their listeners who think they heard one thing, when the words said something else entirely.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-51350093478148737912020-10-08T11:24:18.050-04:002020-10-08T11:24:18.050-04:00Fascinating. As a college librarian I spent a lot...Fascinating. As a college librarian I spent a lot of time explaining the difference between primary and secondary sources - and how those terms had different meanings depending on the field of study. Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-12368463594746469092020-10-08T09:30:09.366-04:002020-10-08T09:30:09.366-04:00Thanks, Janice! Thanks, Janice! Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-40042180654801541302020-10-08T09:01:28.629-04:002020-10-08T09:01:28.629-04:00I'm another fan of Arcadia- and primary source...I'm another fan of Arcadia- and primary sources.Janice Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406971307368250281noreply@blogger.com