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GOP Baseball Shooting Open Thread
Golly, we seem to be doing a lot of this we-interrupt-this broadcast type of posts lately. Perhaps that 'climate of violence' business we've been hearing from the media is real…
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God’s Periodic Table & Evolution — Guest Post by Bob Kurland
Note: This post first appeared at Reflections of the Catholic Scientist. "Those distinct substances, which concretes generally either afford, or are made up of, may, without very much inconvenience, be…
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From The People To Empire; Or, Why We Are Doomed: Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Editor's note: this is a three-part post, running one per week. I watched one of my favorite movies recently: Sgt. York. I always loved this movie, even better than that…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Animal Souls Aren’t Immortal
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. Review is…
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Why Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People?
Why are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People? Couple of academics just asked the question, "Why is Intelligence Negatively Associated with Religiousness?" "The answer", one report says, "is that religion…
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E-Classes (& Other Changes) Coming
Many changes coming.. Site fixes You've seen the new theme by now. Many more people were reading on "devices" and the old format was not well suited. Plus, the typography…
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An Afternoon At The Whitney With Modern ‘Art’– Guest Post by the Blonde Bombshell
A friend of mine, an aficionado and collector of modern art, brought me to the Whitney Museum in the Meatpacking District. I had been to the iconic flowerpot structure of…
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Machines Can’t Learn (Universals): The Abacus As Brain Part II
Read Our Intellects Are Not Computers: The Abacus As Brain Part I first. Machines can learn, all right. But they can't learn like us. Machines cannot apprehend universals, ideas of…