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<em>Fire and Fury</em>: It’s False, That’s How We Know It’s True

Fire and Fury: It’s False, That’s How We Know It’s True

Stream: The False-But-True Fallacy There's concern in the City of Others Riches (Washington D.C.) that Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury book about the Trump White House contains as much truth…

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Why “I Believe Survivors” Is Asinine: Kavanaugh vs. Ford, Realists vs. Fantasists.

We're interested here in why people believe this female Ford's charges against male SCOTUS nominee Kavanaugh. Many progressives say Ford's evidence, even at this late date (I'm editing this on…

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The Limitations And Usefulness Of IQ

That Smarts Everybody knows that some people are smarter than others, and that some are teachable and some not. Well, some people do deny these facts, believing that if everybody…

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Insanity & Doom Update XXX

Item Top doctor: Ban deadly blades from our kitchens ONE of Scotland's leading doctors has called for a ban on "killer" kitchen knives. Dr John Crichton, the new chairman of…

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Math Paper Scuttled By Angry Feminists & Frightened Effeminates: With Critique of the Paper Itself

First, I confess angry feminists and frightened effeminates are grammatical tautologies on the order of unmarried bachelor, but I plead artistic license. These words, while logically flawed, are more arresting.…

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Washington Post to Christians on Christmas Morning: Jesus Didn’t Exist

Stream: Washington Post to Christians on Christmas Morning: Jesus Didn't Exist Early Christmas morning, the Washington Post thought it would be wise to stick its thumb in the eyes of…

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A Coincidence: Coyne Zinged Me Before I Him — Or, The Coyne Fallacy Redux

After posting yesterday's article, Jerry Coyne Doesn't Have Free Will (poor fellow), I immediately saw hits coming to my place from Coyne's. It turned out that, unbeknownst to me, the…

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If The Founding Principles Were So Great, How’d We Get To Where We Are? Part II

Read Part I (first!). Munoz is right to show there was not unanimity among the Founders. Most adopted the language of rights, but some tempered this with doses of natural-law…

Cookie on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 28, 2024
So what does this situation say about who are the best statistician or who have the best understanding of statistics.…
Brian (bulaoren) on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 27, 2024
When I was a teenager, I used to spend my Saturdays wandering around the local shopping mall. Why?.. Well, that…
Apollo on The Hierarchy Of Intelligences & IQ: We’re Not As Smart As We ThinkApril 27, 2024
For you, maybe. I know things I shouldn't know. My thinking is beyond your standard "genius"
Heresolong on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 27, 2024
"Note that the Republican Speaker is willing to use force to shut down anti-Jewish protests, but cares not one whit…
C-Marie on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
Without God at the forefront and wholly throughout, a nation has no backbone, and the children suffer tremendously. God bless,…