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Links – 09/12/2017

  • Posted on September 12, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Gregory Cochran wrote a review of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond in his usual ruthless style. Some people might think that he spends too much time on Diamond’s ridiculous claim about the people of Papua New Guinea, but I…

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Links – 09/04/2017

  • Posted on September 4, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

A recent survey discussed by Eric Kaufmann here indicates that, in the West, whether one believes that it’s racist to want to restrict immigration in order to preserve one’s culture predicts whether one thinks immigration should be reduced. But I don’t…

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Some data about the blog after it reached a milestone

  • Posted on August 16, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

I’ve been mostly offline and busy with other things lately, which is why things have been slow here. However, I just noticed that Nec Pluribus went past 100,000 views a week ago, which means it averaged about 500 views/day since…

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Links – 08/11/2017

  • Posted on August 11, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Robert Kelly argues that North Korea’s nuclear program is almost certainly for deterrence, which I think is clearly right. Jonny Anomaly and Brian Boutwell published a good piece on Quillette where they warn against the danger of ignoring the possibility…

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Links – 07/31/2017

  • Posted on July 31, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

According to a Pew Research Center survey, Democrats and people who lean Democrat in the US are way more intolerant of political disagreement than Republicans and people who lean Republican, at least when it comes to Trump. Interestingly, but not…

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Links – 07/16/2017

  • Posted on July 16, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

The Atlantic has a good piece on the growth of left-wing websites peddling conspiracy theories since Trump’s election. I have to say that I don’t really think these websites are what is really problematic. Most educated people don’t really take…

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Links – 06/29/2017

  • Posted on June 29, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Sean Trende wrote a very good piece about the lessons we should draw from Ossoff’s failure in Georgia. (As I noted before, Trende is one of the most interesting political commentators in the US. In fact, if you should read…

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Links – 06/21/2017

  • Posted on June 21, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

The Wall Street Journal published a long piece arguing that rural America has become the new inner city. The article doesn’t really talk about politics, but the political implications, especially with respect to the rise of Trump, are pretty obvious.…

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I’m now on Twitter and was published on Arc Digital

  • Posted on June 15, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

After years of saying I wouldn’t do it, I have finally created a Twitter account, which means that I’m officially cool now. At first, I will just share my blog posts, but when I have some time I plan to…

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Links – 06/11/2017

  • Posted on June 11, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Nicholas Wades of the New York Times discusses research about the Y chromosome which suggests that some of the differences between males and females could originate from the role played by regulative genes on the X and Y chromosomes. The Boston Review…

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