"But the tradesman must reckon with the infallible judgment of reality, where one’s failures or shortcomings cannot be interpreted away."
Indeed. Well said. Reminds me of a rather brilliant observation along the same lines by biologist Heather Heying:
HH: Many of my students had done manual work before college. Generally but not always men; experienced in carpentry, forklift operation, roofing, more—they were almost always deeply insightful, rigorous thinkers. They had experience in physical systems that gave ungameable feedback."
"But the tradesman must reckon with the infallible judgment of reality, where one’s failures or shortcomings cannot be interpreted away."
Indeed. Well said. Reminds me of a rather brilliant observation along the same lines by biologist Heather Heying:
HH: Many of my students had done manual work before college. Generally but not always men; experienced in carpentry, forklift operation, roofing, more—they were almost always deeply insightful, rigorous thinkers. They had experience in physical systems that gave ungameable feedback."
https://twitter.com/HeatherEHeying/status/1177009042251583488
"ungameable feedback", indeed.
Though she too has her "clay feet", notably in defending rather untenable and quite unscientific definitions for the sexes:
https://humanuseofhumanbeings.substack.com/p/on-being-defrauded-by-heather-heying
But in other news, you in particular might be interested in a forthcoming conference -- September 30th -- on sex and gender:
https://santafeboys.org/participants-in-the-big-conversation/