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Atheists More Religiously Tolerant Than Christians: It’s Science!

I meant this to go out on Saturday morning, but I pressed the wrong button and it went out late Friday afternoon. Apologies to those who receive this post twice.…

Culture

The Future Of Freely Using Your Own Money, a.k.a. Capitalism

This is only a quick introduction to a vast subject; mere musings. I'll have a review of George Gilder's timely new book, The Scandal of Money, next week, where I'll…

Fun Statistics

Masters Predictions & (Some) Statistics — Podcast Bonus

PODCAST BONUS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNsyJf2MX2w See last Master's year's predictions here. Since not much has changed, I'm doing a lot of copying and pasting. The Podcast bonus is because of the screwed…

Podcast

WMBriggs.com Podcast 6 April 2016 — It’s The End Of The World: Again

https://youtu.be/CNsyJf2MX2w Download MP3. Subscribe to the podcast feed (paste this into iTunes or elsewhere): https://www.wmbriggs.com/feed/?category=podcasts Use Player.fm to find the podcasts. Show is over. Archived version above. Next week,…

Culture

Stream: Should Women Be Allowed In Combat? A Debate

Today's post is at the Stream: Should Women Be Allowed In Combat? Equality Debates Reality. On 3 December 2015, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter decided unilaterally to open combat positions…

Culture

Attorneys General Embrace Lysenkosim With Gusto: Why Now?

What took 'em so long? Put it another way. Given the manifest benefits of defining scientific "truth" by State fiat, why did government take so long in making Lysenkoism official…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s Acts Aren’t Necessary

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. Series was…

Fun

What Are Good Times For A Live Broadcast?

So? When's the best time for a live broadcast? Recall that you can hear them by tuning in to this site or to my YouTube live streaming channel. Keep in…

McChuck on The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!May 13, 2026
There is a simpler, less math-intensive solution that gives the same answer. Knowing that it doesn't take two men to…
R W Pearson on The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?May 12, 2026
This is easy, go in the door he came out. Worse case only one young scold to give you a…
Mocheirge on The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?May 12, 2026
I asked an AI, and it had the same answer as me but with silly Bayes equations. Then out of…
Johnno on Capital Punishment Deters Crime More Than The Death PenaltyMay 12, 2026
We should make it a law that whenever a criminal is sentened to death, that the only method to delay…
Mocheirge on The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?May 12, 2026
Definitely pick the door that the Boomer just left. There are three Boomers, so the probability that the one you…