Philosophy – Page 67 – William M. Briggs

This Week In Doom: The Demands And Ravages Of Equality

Progressive beasts We had fun with the foolish Vox explaining that animals "in the wild" suffer from being eaten, from disease, from neglect, from the lack of personal recognition, and…

Philosophy

There Are Only Two Errors: Idealism & Materialism

There is that which is (and is not) and that which we know about that which is (and is not); i.e. there is ontology and epistemology. There are both and…

Philosophy Statistics

Comment On “Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse”

Today, since I'm very busy, a small-ish review---mere comments, really---of "Origin of probabilities and their application to the multiverse" by Andreas Albrecht and Daniel Phillips. I got this paper via…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: On God’s Happiness

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 finish…

Culture Philosophy

I Self-Identify As The Yak King

Person I know was attending recently a mandatory training session at a well known university. Session was led by trainers not themselves employees of the university, folks who self-identified as…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Is Eternal

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. God is…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Hates Nothing

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. Three quick…

Culture Philosophy

Ridley Claims Materialists, Atheists, & Secular Humanists Don’t Preach

Matt Ridley has a curious piece in The Times (no, the better one), "Why Muslims are turning away from Islam". (Incidentally, Ridley and I both have chapters in the new…

Brian (bulaoren) on Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study SeriouslyFebruary 18, 2026
I'm still wondering if that Tucson AZ. sheriff checked the glove for long covid.
Tars Tarkas on The Importance Of Not Making DecisionsFebruary 18, 2026
People hold more than one kind of belief (more than the two I am mentioning). There are beliefs that are…
NLR on The Importance Of Not Making DecisionsFebruary 18, 2026
"You do not have to believe. You can stay at uncertainty" That is a good point. With regards to the…
Neil Jordan on Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study SeriouslyFebruary 17, 2026
Thank you for the vivid disembowelment of the confidence intervals, which reminds me of my linear estimation statistics class of…
Cloudbuster on AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest PanicFebruary 17, 2026
When you think of the AI revolution, should it happen, think of "Privatize the profits, socialize the costs." The profits…