The irony, as these two point out, is that Jason Arday could be the singular individual who could save the academy. Sadly, he will choose not to do so.
Boghossian has a non-profit which encourages people to stop donating to their own alma mater. Seems long overdue. I like Weinstein's idea: Send ten percent of whatever you would have otherwise donated, to your alma mater, to Boghossian's National Progress Alliance. Surely, they will make better use of it than Harvard, Stanford, Duke, Michigan, Wake Forest, UNC, and the various other religious institutions and their Bolshevik priests, formerly known as academia. Harvard Law Professor Adrian Vermeule calls these institutions progressive seminaries. He adds: Does anyone not realize what they are? Quite so.Update, 15 August 2026
Jason Arday was found dead yesterday, Friday, 14 August 2026. According to police, his death was unexpected, but not suspicious. He was 41. Reeks of suicide, and if that turns out to be true, I will blame Cambridge University and all of the academics that helped put Arday into this position.
Exit questions: Are we to believe that Jason Arday was a one-of-a-kind phenomenon? Or, if we were to look, would we find similar frauds all across academia? While I am inclined to believe that no one in academia is going to look, it is worth remembering that it was a fellow academic that brought Arday's fictions to light. Much to the chagrin of the academic establishment. Moving forward, let's hope this becomes a cottage industry in academic quarters.