Briggs

Summary Against Modern Thought: How Through Reason We’ll Prove God’s Existence

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. This is the last of the necessary but, it must be…

Fun

I’ll Kill You Off On This Blog For $10

According to the Daily Mail, "Game of Thrones writer George RR Martin offers to 'kill off' one of his fans for $20,000. "George RR Martin will name a character after…

Culture

If You Disagree You Are Full Of Hate, You Bigot

I knew she meant the cigar, but I pretended not to hear. "What you're doing is wrong," she repeated. "Oh, it's not so bad," I said. I was sitting on…

Philosophy Statistics

Nine Counter-Arguments To Frequentism

It is well to collect cogent proofs of frequentism's failings so that supporters of that theory can look upon them and find joy. Alan Hájek has done yeoman service in…

Statistics

Female-Named Hurricanes Deadlier Than Males. Implicit Sexism Kills!

"Say, Elbert. What's the name of that there hurricane that's fixin' to pounce upon us?" "Lolita, I think." "What? Lolita!? I ain't evacuatin' nowheres! Not for no fee-male 'cane. Gimme…

Culture

Is Laverne Cox Still A Man? Or, The Coming Transgender Wars

Meet Bob. Bob is 38 and possess an X and Y chromosome. He has been married to Cindy for almost 10 years and has with her sired two children. But…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Faith, Proof, & The A Priori

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide. Chapter 5: That those things which cannot be investigated by reason are fittingly proposed to man as an…

Culture Philosophy

Killing Children Legally In Belgium

Euthanasia, the purposeful killing of another human being supposing or claiming his consent, represents the triumph of utilitarianism. When a life is deemed no longer "useful" or capable of generating…

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