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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Attack Against Voluntary Poverty

Previous post. Our good saint produces in this Chapter the best arguments against voluntary poverty. He then defends that state in the next two chapters. ON THE ERROR OF THE…

Culture

A Look Inside Nursing Homes — Guest Post by RT

This is a lightly edited email from "RT", an abbreviated pseudonym, a person who "held positions years ago with different retirement communities". This email deals with the Nursing Homes, specifically…

Culture

I Smell Victory — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Thank God for this Corona catastrophe. Yes, indeed, do thank Him! Why? Because this was the only way, short of an actual bullets-and-bombs blood-and-guts struggle, to wake the world up.…

Fun

These Are The People Giving You Health Advice

https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1260960843774038021 This man is in charge of Pennsylvania's health department. He likes to flounce around in dresses and bad makeup. He almost surely shoots himself up, or in otherwise medicates…

Statistics

Coronavirus Update XIV: Stretching Your Fear Dollar

All the good stuff, caveats, code, data sources and explanations are linked, some in Update III, and the most important in Update II, Update IV, Update V, Update VI, Update…

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Bad Arguments For Lockdowns & The Burden Of Proof. Also: US States Analysis

The burden of proof that lockdowns work is clearly on those imposing and supporting lockdowns. Lockdown skeptics are under no obligation whatsoever to show lockdowns do not work. Lockdowns are…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Counsels of Divine Law

Previous post. The difference between must and if you can. ON THE COUNSELS THAT ARE GIVEN IN DIVINE LAW 1 Since the best thing for man is to become attached…

Culture

The Coronabomb — Guest Post by Big Momma

Regular readers: No Doom tomorrow. Three major targets of the Green New Deal have been destroyed or are being destroyed by the reaction to the pandemic: the Energy Sector; the…

NLR on Sabine Hossenfelder’s Free Will Folly & The Deadly Sin Of ReificationJune 26, 2025
One can make an argument that the models of physics exist in the minds of physicists and the fact that…
Shack Toms on What Are The Chances Thomas Jefferson & John Adams Died On The Fourth of July, 1826?June 26, 2025
What is the probability that today is July 4, 2025? Somehow, I think this is a matter of my perspective.…
The True Nolan on Sabine Hossenfelder’s Free Will Folly & The Deadly Sin Of ReificationJune 26, 2025
"Those equations are her model of the world, and to her the model is the world. That is the Deadly…
Uncle Mike on Class 56: The Best Model!June 26, 2025
"The best model is no model! Display your data instead." Yes. Absolutely. However, easier said than done. There are lots…
fergus on Sabine Hossenfelder’s Free Will Folly & The Deadly Sin Of ReificationJune 26, 2025
So much confusion with so many strawmen thrown in that video and this discussion. First, it is a nice thing…