Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The Wall

Brendan O'Neill on a nifty way to restrict debate:

Yet now Pickett and Wilkinson have imposed an extraordinary condition on future debate about their book. Because much of the criticism of The Spirit Level has consisted of ‘unsubstantiated claims made for political purposes’ (in their view), ‘all future debate should take place in peer-reviewed journals’, they decree.

[Arts & Letters Daily]

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