Show Notes
Did you know there's such a thing as "queer anthropology"? Anthropologist Elizabeth Weiss says it's a sign of a much bigger problem. When a field abandons logic, falsifiability, and consistency, it stops being science and starts being ideology. Falsehoods get presented as truth, real problems go unsolved, and the past gets molded to fit the narrative instead of discovered. Peter Boghossian and Elizabeth dig into how anthropology got captured, what it costs, and what it will take to bring the field back, valuing evidence. Follow Elizabeth Weiss: • X • Website In Collaboration with Heterodox Centre • YouTube • X Find Peter Boghossian • X • Newsletter • Donate • Podcast • All Socials
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