when one’s ideological commitments are paramount, the rejection of scientific facts becomes the necessary collateral damage.

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” —Voltaire

“biological essentialism”

competitive intersectionality.

Social constructivism proposes that the great majority of human behaviors, desires, and preferences are formed not by human nature or our biological heritage but by society, which means, among other things, that there are no biologically determined sex differences, but only culturally imposed “gender roles.”

Many idea pathogens share one common thread, a deep desire to liberate people from the shackles of reality.

parasitic pathogens of the human mind. These are composed of thought patterns, belief systems, attitudes, and mindsets that parasitize one’s ability to think properly and accurately.

If they go unchecked, parasitic idea pathogens, spawned by universities, eventually start to infect every aspect of our society.

“Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.” —Thomas Jefferson13