For John, BLUF: I am blaming Author Francis Fukuyama for leadng us to think we have reached the peak of human perfection, and thus all that went before is dross. Nothing to see here; just move along.
From The Althouse Blog, by Professor Ann Althouse, 5 January 2021.
Here is an excerpt from The Wisconsin State Journal:
The university’s Campus Planning Committee in November unanimously approved recommending the boulder be relocated off university property to a location on or near the National Park Service’s Ice Age Scenic Trail.Some Students want a 70 Ton rock, with a plaque commemorating a former University President, Thomas Crowder Chamberlin (1887-1892)♠ removed because it once had an informal name containing the "N-Word". This was seen as offensive and emblematic of systemic racism still extant at the Univ3ersy of Wisconsin.UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank accepted the committee’s recommendation on Monday....
The rock’s removal is not yet a done deal. Because the boulder is located on or near a Native American burial site, the Wisconsin Historical Society needs to sign off and all Native Tribes of Wisconsin need to be notified and given time to provide input....
As usual, the Comments at this post at the Althouse Blog are interesting and entertaining.
Personally, I would enlist the students to take their hammers (with safety glasses) to the rock, hammering away until the giant rock is reduced to dust. Let he who is without sin raise the first hammer.
Hat tip to Ann Althouse.
Regards — Cliff
♠ Professor Chamberlin wrote "The method of multiple working hypotheses", in which he advocated the importance of simultaneously evaluating several hypotheses, rejecting those that conflict with available data, and ending with the one hypothesis supported by the data. In contrast to to the single ruling theory, which encouraged scientists to find supporting data and not challenge it with difficult tests. His paper is considered a landmark on the scientific method.
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