Stephen Kahn
Sep 2, 2018 · 2 min read
Jews being sent to a Nazi death camp

Origin may have been Ernst Hoffmann or Bernhard Walter of the SS

Barry Belvedere posted

Are Case Studies Methodologically Suspect?

Exploring causality in social science research

Excellent.

My ancestors were all Eastern European Jews.

I am not clear who the first Jew murdered by the Nazis was. That was a clue.

A case study, if you will. When the number of Jews killed reached (allegedly), 6 million, it was kind of late for all the Jews to get out of Europe.

Sometimes, when people all around you are being murdered, you have to make snap decisions.

On the other hand, Stalin murdered more people than Hitler. Even though Stalin helped defeat Hitler (despite executing many of his best generals) it was kind of late to get out of Russia before Putin became the son (metaphorically speaking) of Stalin.

Sometimes people have to make decisions without sufficient information.

I leave anyone reading this to draw conclusions about the future of the human species and the current state of the world with Trump, Putin, and Kim Jong un with their hands on nuclear weapons.

I am 74 years old, an atheist USA born Jew. Although I am relatively healthy (despite my recent tentative diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease, I have made my will, remained married to my sole soul mate of 53 years, it’s too late for me to save the human species.

In fact, it’s all my fault that the human species will probably commit species suicide by the end of the 21st Century. Go ahead and blame me. That’s what we Jews are for.

What are you doing (if you are under 50 years old?

Spirce” Tooth and Tail

Nicer than humans.

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