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This episode was recorded on October 11th, 2021.
Dr. Arif Ahmed and Dr. James Orr come on to discuss what led to the University of Cambridge rescinding my invitation to speak there. We get into the difficulty of change in universities, anonymous reporting, the dangers of limiting free speech, microaggressions, the importance of humor, and more.
Arif Ahmed MBE is a philosopher, lecturer at Cambridge, and author of āSaul Kripkeā. His interests include decision theory and religion from an atheist and libertarian point of view. In the aftermath of the Cambridge incident, Dr. Ahmed remained a vocal advocate for political diversity.
Dr. James Orr is a university lecturer in philosophy of religion at Cambridge and author of āThe Mind of God and the Works of Nature.ā He is a regular contributor to The Times Literary Supplement and The Critic.
Dr. Ahmedās profile:
https://phil.cam.ac.uk/people/teaching-research-pages/ahmed
āSaul Kripkeā:
https://amazon.com/Kripke-Bloomsbury-Contemporary-American-Thinkers/dp/0826492622
Dr. Orrās profile:
https://divinity.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-james-orr
āThe Mind of God and Works of Natureā:
https://amazon.co.uk/Mind-God-Works-Nature-Philosophical/dp/9042937629
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Timestamps
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[00:00] Intro
[01:13] The Cambridge repeal
[09:41] A case for the repealers, their potential fears
[10:19] Photos ādonāt imply a positionāthat was one of the most outrageous things, āendorsement by associationā¦ā As if standing next to someone implies [youāre in agreement]” – Dr. Ahmed
[14:11] Changes in free speech policy
[19:54] Speaking Up: Consequences
[25:28] The difficulty of change in university
[27:36] āYou become what you practiceā – Jordan Peterson
[27:45] āIf you put off fights, they don’t usually get betterā – Jordan Peterson
[35:53] Being Silent: Perils
[36:04] āIn general, with any coercive principle, think what might happen in the hands of someone wicked and tyrannical. That’s how we should think about these thingsā – Dr. Ahmed
[41:46] “The idea that you should remove everything that could threaten someone’s identity and you should make that a university-wide policy is actually, exactly the opposite of what you should do, speaking clinically if you’re trying to help people become more resilient” – Dr. Peterson
[44:32] Microaggressions and the importance of humor
[44:33] “Thereās no such thing as a joke that isn’t a microaggression. Jokes aren’t funny unless they’re microaggressionsāespecially witty ones” – Dr. Peterson
[47:19] Anonymous voting & reporting
[49:52] “Politics is downstream from culture [and, for better or worse,] culture is generated in universities” – Dr. Peterson
[49:59] āWhat happens on campus doesn’t stay on campus” – Dr. Orr
[50:50] “The point about anonymous reporting is that… you can’t come back to them to check their evidence. The person who has been accused can’t face their accuser. Thereās no possibility of due processā – Dr. Ahmed
[54:51] Anonymous reports circumventing due process
[57:55] Tyranny & Free Speech
[59:17] Details about the vote; university bureaucracy
[01:05:56] UK legislation post-Cambridge
[01:13:06] Anti-education & ideological purity tests at university
[01:15:36] “I’ve heard students say āWell, I just write what the professor wants…ā It’s like no ā writing is thinking and if you don’t think, that becomes part of you ā those words become part of you [and] that’s not bad education, it’s anti-education” – Dr. Peterson
#Education #Cambridge #Microaggressions #Ideology #FreeSpeech
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