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Christian Accelerationism
Perhaps you have seen the term accelerationism used by some members of Team Reality. The idea, simplified, is that the system is lurching toward a leftist singularity, and that "If…
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How Not To Think Like A Bayesian Rationalist
Lisping Rationalists When I read people like Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Alexander it becomes clear to me how the French could have built a Temple of Reason during The Terror.…
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In Opposition To Scientism
Bo and Ben Winegard start their Quillette essay (thanks to K.A. Rodgers for the tip) "In Defense of Scientism" by saying "Truth is always provisional". Is that proposition true, or…
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Do Most People Enter Philosophy Already Atheist?
I am now only months behind in answering emails. I have a string of excellent questions from readers that I will try to get to at weeks' end. From reader…
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On Demonic Knowledge
Here is a thread worth discussing: https://twitter.com/helioslogos/status/1398766254677180422 The main points the gentleman makes are these: "All technology comes from demonic super-Intelligences, taught to humans to facilitate our destruction." "This knowledge…
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How A Science Becomes THE Science
Our main concern is what has become of science, now often called by those who control it The Science. This is, as mentioned, the Cult of Science. Members are easy…
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Wolfgang Smith’s Vision Of Oneness — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
We were talking this morning about the latest insanity when she said ‘I hate all these damn politicians!’ I answered, saying that she had to quit imagining that ‘politicians’ control…
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The Impossibility of Star-Trek Like Transporters
According to SyFy Magazine there was an episode of Star Trek: The Woke Generation (Kirk ≫ Picard) in which Riker was transporting himself to the ship, but where a mysterious…
