Philosophy – Page 121 – William M. Briggs

What Organic Boors, Swedish Pronouns, And The Exorcist Have In Common

Not much, except to demonstrate that the natural state of modernity is something closely resembling mass lunacy. To explain. Swedish Pronouns Via Sam Schulman â€(Twitter: @Sam_Schulman) we infer that 1984…

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Dutch Doctors’ Strange New House Calls

Dr Overlijden of Levenseindekliniek A new contest is in order, if it doesn't already exist. Each year we should recognize and award the person or group who invents the best…

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The Probability Of Nonsense In Science: Complexity & Verification

This is a work in progress, and today is a busy day. This is just for fun and for you to play with. The more complex the field of study,…

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The Implications Of Moral Insignificance

In her piece "In Praise of Insignificance" in Scientific American, Jennifer Ouellette says, If one embraces an atheist worldview, it necessarily requires embracing, even celebrating, one's insignificance. It's a tall…

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All Forecasts, Predictions, & Prophecies Are Contingent

Yesterday I made the point that Jim Hansen's latest threat of doom was a conditional one. I also said that there was nothing wrong with this. And there isn't. Nothing…

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What The North Carolina Gay Marriage Vote Means To You If You Were Against It

North Carolina voted 61 to 39 to amend its constitution to read that marriage is solely a union between a man and a woman. This was, as far as democratic…

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Heartland Institute Accomplishes Act To Self Once Thought Physically Impossible

At the risk of losing the argument before it begins, let me ask you two questions. Number One: What do Adolph Hitler, Mao Tse-tung, serial killer and eater Jeffrey Dahmer,…

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The Dire And Depressing Implications Of Science As Scientism: Two Introductions

A long introduction... Scientism is the fallacy that all that is known and all that can be known, can only be known through scientific methods: that which is testable is…

spudjr60 on Use The Tools The Left Created Against ThemSeptember 11, 2025
The Gospel reading for today is Love your enemies It is really hard to love Democrat politicians today; but as…
Michael Dowd on Use The Tools The Left Created Against ThemSeptember 11, 2025
Left and right is a false dichotomy. The real dichotomy is the conflict between two systems of government: one that…
McChuck on The Various Solutions To Black Crime AnalyzedSeptember 11, 2025
@hudbwu - That's precisely what Africans are. We can deal with them by returning them to their homeland, where their…
hudbwu on The Various Solutions To Black Crime AnalyzedSeptember 11, 2025
> Free, compulsory trips to any African country of choice. Really? You bread an out-of-control ethnicity without a tradition of…
Paul Fischer on The Various Solutions To Black Crime AnalyzedSeptember 10, 2025
The claim that 'pandering woke whites' drive black crime has some truth, but the real culprit is AFDC. In the…