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Popper is very poor on politics (he wrote a long treatise claiming that all the horrors in the world were Plato's fault ... during WW2), but extremely good on the philosophy of science, metaphysics, etc -- although I much prefer Wittgenstein, who he had an infamous confrontation with. Popper of...

Written (ethical, political -- metaphysical?) philosophy begins with an 'argument' between Socrates and Thrasymachus. The latter is basically Trump, who declares 'might is right', which basically approximates to 'might makes right'. There's a big discussion as to the extent to which the...

I haven't got the time to watch all of that, but the opening minutes give the game away. Yes, academics are assessed by publication metrics, and that doesn't lead to good research. I'm not entirely convinced by the truth's immutability, but that would be a rather long discussion. Thanks for posting.