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The If I Were God Fallacy & Evolution
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The If I Were God Fallacy & Evolution

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Universities Need To Be Made To Lose Prestige

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Posted inCulture

Armed Students Take Over Cornell University

A group of militant black students at Cornell "occupied" Willard Straight Hall. They were armed with shotguns and other firearms with which they threatened violence. Why? To protest Cornell's "racist…
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Stream: The Joys of Divesting from Reality (And Not Just Oil)

Okay, sisters and brothers, only a handful of folks clicked over to the National Association of Scholars to read their must-read (but not-yet-read) report Inside Divestment: The Illiberal Movement to…
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Posted inStatistics

When Colleges Divest, Who Wins? Hint: Not The Colleges

I don't normally do this, but it's a special occasions. Here's a press release from the National Association of Scholars announcing the release of their report Inside Divestment: The Illiberal…
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Posted inCulture

Universities Like Missouri & Yale? Nuke ’em From Orbit. It’s The Only Way To Be Sure.

A version of this post originally ran 12 November 2014, but given the events in Missouri, Yale, and elsewhere, it is time to up the payload. What happens when you…
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Here’s Why That Study Claiming Religious Kids Are Less Altruistic Stinks. Updates

Update 13 August 2019 The paper has been retracted! Welcome Guardian readers. You should understand this poor study is one of thousands, all of which make similar mistakes. See the…
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Posted inPhilosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: How Virtues Can Be Ascribed To God

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. Some more…
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This Week In Doom: Pew Research Proves Global Warming Propaganda Works

Before we start, you can and must combat propaganda by saying global warming. Do not say climate change. This admonition cannot be repeated enough. Please pass it on. To say…
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The Pope’s Favorite Novel: Lord of the World

Many have said Lord of the World is the Pope's favorite book. Given today's curious state of the Pope and the Church, there might be insights to gain from examining…
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    > I still wonder why the right did not embrace the left's call to defund police. Because the Right are…

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    I'm not sure if Universities are all that prestigious anymore. Probably the height of the prestige of universities was either…

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    Parents obsessed with getting their kids into "elite" universities are fools. Today, I'd never hire anyone who had gone to…

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    The best way to allow the uni to DIE is to end the student loan program and ban foreign students.…

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    “Losing to win”, doesn’t work, not really. Look at the UK, they scuttled the conservatives, vile as they’ve become, assuming…

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