“Race Realism” sounds just as crackpotty. Putting “not only do I say this, but in addition, I’m right!” into the name of one’s hobbyhorse is a bad sign.
I agree with Oligopsony on this one. I’m surprised you don’t just read “Race Realism” as “The position that race is a real thing”, akin to “Moral Realism”.
To be fair, my understanding of the term is that it’s meant to mean “realism about the existence of races” rather than “realistic views on race;” compare moral, modal, scientific, speculative, Platonic &c. realisms. (And ignore the aesthetic and IR uses of the word, I guess.) So read charitably it’s not the equivalent of Scientology, Factology, &c., at least in that particular sense.
I do get crackpot vibes from that cluster of peoplespace for other reasons, but I discount such vibes significantly due to tribal loyalties at play, and I suspect most other people who aren’t in it should as well.
I do get crackpot vibes from that cluster of peoplespace for other reasons, but I discount such vibes significantly due to tribal loyalties at play, and I suspect most other people who aren’t in it should as well.
“Human Biodiversity Theorem” has no Google hits and sounds crackpotty.
“Race Realism” sounds just as crackpotty. Putting “not only do I say this, but in addition, I’m right!” into the name of one’s hobbyhorse is a bad sign.
I agree with Oligopsony on this one. I’m surprised you don’t just read “Race Realism” as “The position that race is a real thing”, akin to “Moral Realism”.
This is how I automatically read it too.
To be fair, my understanding of the term is that it’s meant to mean “realism about the existence of races” rather than “realistic views on race;” compare moral, modal, scientific, speculative, Platonic &c. realisms. (And ignore the aesthetic and IR uses of the word, I guess.) So read charitably it’s not the equivalent of Scientology, Factology, &c., at least in that particular sense.
I do get crackpot vibes from that cluster of peoplespace for other reasons, but I discount such vibes significantly due to tribal loyalties at play, and I suspect most other people who aren’t in it should as well.
Ah the tragedy of lousy contrarian clusters.
It is usually called Human Biodiversity or HBD.