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What Does It Mean To Assess Risk Wrong? Coronadoom Example
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What Does It Mean To Assess Risk Wrong? Coronadoom Example

There is, as de Finetti said, no such thing as probability. So there is no such thing as risk, either, since risk relies upon probability. If there is no such…
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Academics Demand Mandatory Chemical Moral Bioenhancement To Make You More Compliant To Coronadoom Restrictions
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Academics Demand Mandatory Chemical Moral Bioenhancement To Make You More Compliant To Coronadoom Restrictions

The New Mandatory Druggings: Background We've heard a lot over the past decade from ethicists (so-called) and scientists (don't laugh) who aren't satisfied with human nature, they are not satisfied…
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The Physicist Brian Greene Does Not Exist — And Neither Do You — If The Nonexistent Greene Is Right
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The Physicist Brian Greene Does Not Exist — And Neither Do You — If The Nonexistent Greene Is Right

The excerpt of a collection of sounds from a thing which is called Brian Greene, but which isn't, is here: https://twitter.com/newscientist/status/1247891248783831047 The full "interview", which isn't really an interview, because…
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Is Mandatory Vaccination Against COVID-19 Precautionary? — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
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Is Mandatory Vaccination Against COVID-19 Precautionary? — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

This post originally ran at Hanekamp's own site1. He is a chemist and theologian. My love and I are fortunate enough to have three children, now in their twenties. They…
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Hystericalectomy: Yes, “Trans” People Are Crazy
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Hystericalectomy: Yes, “Trans” People Are Crazy

Gaze upon this headline from a story by the so-called Friendly Atheist. "Transgender Man Sues Catholic Hospital for Canceling His Hysterectomy." What should be noted is that the headline is…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Man’s Acts Are Punished And Rewarded By God
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Man’s Acts Are Punished And Rewarded By God

Previous post. That God rewards everybody believes. That God punishes is impossible for many to now believe. THAT A MAN'S ACTS ARE PUNISHED OR REWARDED BY GOD 1 It is…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Not All Sins Are Equal
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Not All Sins Are Equal

Previous post. There is a hierarchy to everything. THAT NEITHER MERITORIOUS ACTS NOR SINS ARE EQUAL 1 Next, it is plain that neither all good works, nor all sins, are…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Arguments For Poverty
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Arguments For Poverty

Previous post. We're still on poverty, for and against. ANSWERS TO THE ARGUMENTS BROUGHT FORWARD ABOVE AGAINST POVERTY 1 Now that these things have been seen, it is not difficult…
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