Top Reads From Arts & Letters Daily

Top 5 Reads from Arts & Letters Daily [View this email in your browser]( Since 1998, we’ve linked to more than 17,000 articles, book reviews, and essays. If you like what we’re doing, please consider [supporting us.]( [A Warm Hatred]( What happens when two fiercely clever controversialists, skilled in the art of mandarin invective, clash on national TV? --------------------------------------------------------------- [Meet the Data Thugs]( These foot soldiers exposing psychology’s replication crisis are saving science — or destroying it. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Dismal Science]( The number of scientists is growing at a faster rate than the human population. Why haven't more scientists produced more discoveries? --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sophistry on Every Page]( When Knausgaard writes about himself, it’s transcendent; when he writes about Hitler, it’s a train wreck. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ancient Advice]( It’s easy to admire the maxim “Know thyself” — but what about other Delphic wisdom, such as “Beget from noble routes” and “Admire oracles”? Copyright © 2018 Arts and Letters Daily, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up at Our mailing address is: Arts and Letters Daily 1255 Twenty-Third St, N.W.washington, DC 20037 [Add us to your address book](//ALDaily.us9.list-manage.com/vcard?u=8cbd654fc43afe6be9455ae3b&id=bcec0a1a30) [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences](