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"Things I like about Malcolm Gladwell"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Things I like about Gladwell: he makes a lot of money.

Steve Sailer doesn't make a dime. Sure he tells the truth, but after a while it must suck to not make any money.

12/19/06, 11:43 PM

Blogger Dylan said...

This was impressively humble.

12/20/06, 12:24 AM

Blogger Rast said...

I think most people who care have realized that you were right and Gladwell was wrong about the car salesman thing. There's no need to be a jerk about it. Gladwell is not the only one lacking in humility here.

12/20/06, 1:06 AM

Anonymous albatross said...

The thing is, it's not a fair fight. Malcolm Gladwell or Jared Diamond have to be careful what they say, because there are tabus about race, gender, and all kinds of other stuff, and they will pay a price for crossing those lines. Steve won't, because whatever price there is to pay for that, he's already paying it. And in an interactive debate on the web, it's just a lot harder to brazen it out with some line about "No, that's racist pseudoscience" when you can respond with the Google string that brings up the APA statement on the Bell Curve, say.

12/20/06, 1:14 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gladwell is most concerned that a salesman would overlook every other quality in an individual, only to see that he is black. He sees that is racist. But I don't know if the salesman is being irrational: my experience with African-Americans is that they are the most conformist of groups. Expensive cars have been always been tempting to blacks (e.g. the tradition of Cadillacs). They want to look like big spenders and perhaps the salesman is flattering the ego by starting the negotiation with a higher price. No one has said anything about if the final price is higher than whites also. A buyer can leave the dealer with a sense of acomplishment if he believes he got an especially good deal by paying much less than the asking price.

12/20/06, 3:19 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Steve, take a deep breath, grab a turkey sandwich and relax over Christmas.

This kid with the bad haircut just ain't worth the effort.

12/20/06, 4:44 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What happened to magnaminity in victory?

Steve, you are at your most ineffective when you are intemperate. When angry you come across as a mixture of hysterical lady and mean male drunk. For example, is it illuminating to compare the Afro-something Gladwell to a dog that refers to his "Master"?

You have an ugly side and it shows when you discuss poor Gladwell and, curiously enough, homosexuals. I'm no fan of either, and I'm a normal human being who gets angry too - but please do yourself a favor and, when your blood is boiling, let your pieces cool off a day or two before putting them up. Thanks.

You have in your blog feet less clay than almost anyone else has - which makes your unnecessary lapses doubly chagrining.

12/20/06, 5:16 PM

Anonymous ken shabby said...

I think Malcolm revisited this issue thinking he had a few new silver bullets to put down the undead Sailer. I don’t think his 4 or more latest posts on this or related issues are mental diarrhea so much as plans A, B, C, etc to publicly humiliate and claim moral victory for exposing and marginalizing the most dangerously un-PC blogger around.

Even as Steve repeatedly depants Malcolm in these dust ups, I’m amazed how many groupies at Gladwell’s blog see these as confirmation of their chairman’s own infallibility and the unassailability of their party line. And these groupies probably represent a self-selecting elite. Image how well Malcolm would come across on Oprah.

So perhaps the downside for Malcolm is not that great. He gets to throw his latest PC-infused academic mashups against the wall and see what sticks when some people brighter, more experienced, more critical than him put it through filters he lacks. I doubt he looses credibility or sales from his base and he’s able to tighten up his spiel before it hits mass distribution (if only to know what to roads to avoid and how). He certainly isn’t concerned enough to proof his blog posts for logic or consistency which demonstrates some measure of indifference.

Incidentally, I’ve noticed that his blog’s comments have gone up quite a bit recently (30-80 to 150-200 per).

Ken

12/20/06, 6:18 PM

Anonymous MZappala said...

"You have an ugly side and it shows when you discuss poor Gladwell and, curiously enough, homosexuals."

Steve's a homophobe? I'm curious, as I've probably read everything he's written about gays (human biodiversity as it relates to homosexuality being an interest of mine) and I never got that impression. Got any quotes?

12/21/06, 6:06 AM

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