"Consilience", yes -- "consensus" is too often nothing but the puffery of just one herd, and leaves too much out of the whole matter under consideration
Hi Larry, regarding consilience, I think you would enjoy the chapter on genius from renowned scientist Hans Eysenck's autobiography, who delves into similar material (he also has a separate book dedicated to the topic which I have not yet read, although I own it). Eysenck is little known today, but at the time of his death he was the most frequently cited living psychologist in peer-reviewed scientific journal literature. What I like about him is that he was willing to research and discuss low-status, derided topics like human biodiversity (i.e. differences in race) and astrology, which I had covered previously in a post, and which created a lot of problems and blowback for him. I appreciated his courage to publicly engage in unauthorized topics, even though he was peak establishment.
Thanks very much, Neo, for the link. I'd read something of Eysenck before, but cannot recall the association. Maybe it'll come to me when reading the stuff you reference.
Hi Larry, regarding consilience, I think you would enjoy the chapter on genius from renowned scientist Hans Eysenck's autobiography, who delves into similar material (he also has a separate book dedicated to the topic which I have not yet read, although I own it). Eysenck is little known today, but at the time of his death he was the most frequently cited living psychologist in peer-reviewed scientific journal literature. What I like about him is that he was willing to research and discuss low-status, derided topics like human biodiversity (i.e. differences in race) and astrology, which I had covered previously in a post, and which created a lot of problems and blowback for him. I appreciated his courage to publicly engage in unauthorized topics, even though he was peak establishment.
The chapter starts on page 286 of the following link: https://hanseysenck.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Rebel-with-a-cause-the-autobiography-of-Hans-Eysenck.pdf
Thanks very much, Neo, for the link. I'd read something of Eysenck before, but cannot recall the association. Maybe it'll come to me when reading the stuff you reference.