It turns out Justice Gorsuch was not clinging to the wreckage of late Trump Administration arguments over masks and mandates. In some corners that discussion is alive and well.“The covidian philosophy ended the enlightenment” … this guy teaches at Stanford https://t.co/Cici8dBLIA
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 21, 2023
Professor Stanford School of Medicine. MD, PhD. Health policy: infectious diseases, covid, health economics. Scientific freedom.
His Twitter feed proves my thesis that American education excels in STEM, and fails entirely to teach people to think. “Covidian philosophy” is not only nonsense (it’s an entirely meaningless phrase), it betrays complete ignorance about the Enlightenment and even Anglo-American philosophy since the 19th century.
He’s just throwing words around. Oh, and challenging the international public health community because he’s smart and they’re all stupid.
Nice work if you can get it.
From his Twitter feed it seems there’s a small group dedicated to the principle that they are right and the world is wrong. Which, you know, is pretty much the definition of insanity; or hubris; or even ignorance.
And I’m wondering now if Justice Gorsuch doesn’t follow all these people on his Twitter app. Because they are a very insular set of fools, indeed. And they sound a lot like his recent “statement.” (Which, being a “statement,” was not, I guess, a legal opinion?)
Prestigious position does not assure wisdom. It doesn’t even assure insight; or intellectual integrity. Or the capacity to engage in thought. A little knowledge is indeed a dangerous thing.
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