It took me a while to NOT giggle at the sheer ironic coincidence of Prof Shonkoff’s name.
It’s Australian slang term to call an overpriced and overhyped but dangerous/inferior product or service as ‘shonky’. A local consumer advocacy non-profit awards a bunch of ‘shonky awards’ for the worst products and services of the year. Academia needs something similar I think…
Lee, I’ve always loved your work but with this post I’ve fallen even deeper in love ... with your “work”, not necessarily “you” but that’s probably jus cuz we’ve never met. Keep up the great work.
There is only one question now when it comes to any public discussion on any political or social issue: WHO/WHOM?
If it supports your tribe and its narratives or injures the other side and its narratives: then it is either "true" or true enough for you to publicly support, defend and broadcast. And of course the opposite holds true too.
Left academia and their journalist followers have made it pretty clear that they have abandoned scholarship (the objective pursuit of facts) for political activism and "moral clarity". This makes them essentially politicians, which means they should be treated the same way and (dis)trusted as much as any other politician.
We are so fucked.
Thank you for publishing this.
It took me a while to NOT giggle at the sheer ironic coincidence of Prof Shonkoff’s name.
It’s Australian slang term to call an overpriced and overhyped but dangerous/inferior product or service as ‘shonky’. A local consumer advocacy non-profit awards a bunch of ‘shonky awards’ for the worst products and services of the year. Academia needs something similar I think…
Thank you for teaching me (30 years ago) how to be a critical thinker — so important to fighting group think. Would love to catch up, Professor!
Brilliant, Professor. Thank you.
Lee, I’ve always loved your work but with this post I’ve fallen even deeper in love ... with your “work”, not necessarily “you” but that’s probably jus cuz we’ve never met. Keep up the great work.
Fascinating. Never heard of Toxic Stress. A silly thing to be censored.
There is only one question now when it comes to any public discussion on any political or social issue: WHO/WHOM?
If it supports your tribe and its narratives or injures the other side and its narratives: then it is either "true" or true enough for you to publicly support, defend and broadcast. And of course the opposite holds true too.
Left academia and their journalist followers have made it pretty clear that they have abandoned scholarship (the objective pursuit of facts) for political activism and "moral clarity". This makes them essentially politicians, which means they should be treated the same way and (dis)trusted as much as any other politician.