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Spartacus Speaks; Australian Head Knocking; MI Bright Spot; Causes of Death; More! — Coronavirus Update XCIX

Last week, there was some good news. This week, it's mostly bad. I AM SPARTACUS I am not the Spartacus, but I am Spartacus. If you have seen the movie,…

Culture

Vaccine “Hesitancy” Is Caused By Hersterics, Tyrants & Midwits

We're going to suppose, you and I dear reader, for the duration of this post, that the mRNA coronadoom vaccines work, just as hersterics, tyrants, and midwits say. By work…

SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Errors About The Incarnation IV

Previous post. Week 4 refuting arguments claiming Jesus was not the Word Incarnated. Like last, this is a simple week, too. But of interest to see how some controversies fade…

Culture

The Magic Of Science — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

There always comes a time when everything becomes clear. Even in the fog of battle. That thought defined the night of Sept. 14th, when Gavin Newsom retained his governor’s chair…

Statistics

First There Was Vaccine Passports, Now They Want Carbon Passports

Experts creating the coronadoom may or may not have designed it as a weapon. They did, however, design it to kill. Maybe it got out accidentally---stupidity is always a likely…

Culture

Nine Miles From Zion — Guest Post by Uncle Mike

Uncle Mike provides us a tasty white pill. Zion, OR, is a quintessential Oregon town, pop 15,000, on the east side of the Willamette Valley, hard against the Washalla River.…

Statistics

Rare Week Of Good News, And Some Bad — Coronavirus Update XCIV

JOY IN THE STREETS If not joy, then at least some broad grins. This is the first week, in the nearly 100 we have been tracking, in which we have…

Culture

On The Confirmation Bias Of Experts & Doctors

There is a thing in bad science, and indeed in all life, called confirmation bias. I've said many times that all scientists know and believe in the concept, just as…

Brian (bulaoren) on Academic Argues For Permissibility of Cannibalism, You RacistDecember 10, 2025
I remember trying to explain to a Spanish girl friend, when I was around 18 years old, my future career…
Heresolong on I Finally Read James Lindsay’s Manifesto (Yes, He Has A Manifesto)December 10, 2025
Never heard of the guy so don't really care what he thinks or writes. That being said, I had a…
doclove on I Finally Read James Lindsay’s Manifesto (Yes, He Has A Manifesto)December 10, 2025
Does James Lindsay have something against traditionalism in general, religion in general and particularly the Christian religion? I do not…
Cary D Cotterman on I Finally Read James Lindsay’s Manifesto (Yes, He Has A Manifesto)December 9, 2025
Lindsay seems to have a grudge against common sense and those who have it.
John Pate on The Biggest Mistake In Science Applied To Universe As SimulationDecember 8, 2025
…another way of putting it, more succinctly: consciousness does not have the halting problem.