3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Malcolm Gladwell responds to Steven Pinker's review of his new book: I wondered about the basis of Pinker’s conclusion, so I e-mailed him, asking if he could tell me where to find the scientific data that would set me straight....
Alternet (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
That success is in the eye of the unsuccessful would seem to be the great unspoken dilemma dogging critics asked to consider the work of the rich and famous author and inspirational speaker Malcolm Gladwell. No matter how well intentioned or intellectually honest their attempts to assess his ideas, the subtext of Gladwell's perceived success, and its implications for their own...
memoirs on a rainy day (Free subscription) | yesterday
... . ★ An eclectic essayist is necessarily a dilettante, which is not in itself a bad thing. But Gladwell frequently holds forth about statistics and psychology, and his lack of technical grounding in these subjects can be jarring. He provides misleading definitions of “homology,” “sagittal plane” and “power law” and quotes an expert speaking about an “igon value” (that’s eigenvalue, a basic...
Daniel Lubetzky (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
I’ve always enjoyed reading Malcolm Gladwell, and yet some of his over-simplified discoveries have troubled me because they often ignore some logical alternatives to his explanations. Now in the New York Times Book Review, Steven Pinker elaborates on this problem. An eclectic essayist is necessarily a dilettante, which is not in itself a bad thing. [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Atul Gawande is a doctor who writes for the New Yorker. Or perhaps, at this point in his career, he's a journalist who also happens to be a doctor. He joins an illustrious history of physicians in print, from Maimonides to Anton Chekhov, and he writes in very clear, concise language, following the Malcolm Gladwell paradigm of exploring Big Concepts through small anecdotes and inspiring...
Accelerating Future (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Here is the exchange of letters. Pinker’s response: What Malcolm Gladwell calls a “lonely ice floe” is what psychologists call “the mainstream.” In a 1997 editorial in the journal Intelligence, 52 signatories wrote, “I.Q. is strongly related, probably more so than any other single measurable human trait, to many important educational, occupational,...
VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
In the New York Times here. You’ve already seen Malcolm Gladwell’s letter, with his ad hominem attack on me as a crimethinker. I’d half-assumed that the NYT would cut that part out in the interests of saving space, but they left it in. From the NYT: Steven Pinker replies: What Malcolm Gladwell calls a “lonely ice floe” is what [...]
Accelerating Future (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Why do I care so much about the Malcolm Gladwell issue? First is the matter of scientific integrity in journalism. Science-oriented folks care about it, and most everyone else doesn’t. For instance, here is John Horgan from Slate: Almost four years ago, an esteemed science journalist — OK, it was me — suggested [...]
The Wages of Wins Journal (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A few days ago I was reading Marginal Revolution and I came across the following: Pinker reviews Gladwell. A few months ago I saw Steven Pinker – a Harvard psychologist — in a rather lengthy interview on C-SPAN. After the interview I ordered Pinker’s latest book: The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human [...]
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cMalcolm Gladwellwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorU.S. Speedskating
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Malcolm Gladwell could probably make a pencil sharpener interesting, given the assignment. Whether analyzing the anatomy of instantaneous decisions in "Blink," or exploring the reasons behind success in "Outliers," he's always an accessible and provocative...
onegoodmove (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Malcom Gladwell discusses his book What the Dog Saw The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Malcolm Gladwell www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor U.S. Speedskating
Dan Shanoff (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
If I ever enjoy the privilege of publishing a book (you never know!) and I enjoy the privilege on top of that to have it reviewed in the New York Times Book Review (hey, why not') and I enjoy the privilege on top of that to have the reviewer question one of my arguments (as they surely will!), I hope I can learn something from Malcolm Gladwell about how to write a proper letters-to-the-editor...
DYSPEPSIA GENERATION (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Steve Sailer decides to kibitz the discussion between Steven Pinker and Malcolm Gladwell. I would suggest that the reason Gladwell is choosing to make a big deal over Pinker calling BS on Gladwell’s assertion that performance as an NFL quarterback “can’t be predicted” is because Malcolm realizes this minor issue is characteristic of his entire...
Charlie Rose - Recent Content (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
