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Summary Against Modern Thought: No Body Can Create

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. We've finally…

Culture Philosophy

Direct Democracy Is Not To Be Desired

That people's first reaction to questioning democracy is anger ought to tell you a lot. This fellow @Voxday was on Twitter advocating direct over representative democracy. I made the point…

Culture Philosophy

Is Truth And Evidence In Medicine Fascist? Update: Yes.

See what you think of this peer-reviewed paper by Dave Holmes in the International Journal of Evidence Based Healthcare called "Deconstructing the evidence-based discourse in health sciences: truth, power and…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Creation Is Not A Succession

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. . Chapter…

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Physician Oaths, Then & Now

It is well worth examining the changes over time in the oaths physicians swear to, especially as we have entered an era when the term "doctor" is being applied to…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Creation Is Not Change From Something To Something

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. Creation-from-nothing is…

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Scalia Dissents: Some Favorites

With the passing of that great man I thought it appropriate in remembrance to quote from one or two of Scalia's dissents. Readers may have their own favorites. The reader…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: God Brought Things Into Being Out Of Nothing II

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. This week…

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spetzer86 on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026
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fergus on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026
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fergus on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026
Did not read the article, just copy/pasted the number list to ChatGPT and it got right back with: Yes —…