James A. Lindsay
American author and mathematician
James A. Lindsay is an American author and mathematician who founded New Discourses. He took part in the 2017 and 2018 grievance studies affair hoax.
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American Born 1979 in Ogdensburg, United States
About James A. Lindsay
James A. Lindsay (born 1979) is an American author and mathematician. He founded New Discourses, serves as its president, and hosts its podcast. Across 2017 and 2018, Lindsay worked with Peter Boghossian and Helen Pluckrose on a project that submitted hoax papers to academic journals, probing standards in several fields. The episode came to be called the grievance studies affair. He later co-authored Cynical Theories with Pluckrose. His books in our catalog include How to Have Impossible Conversations.