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From The People To Empire; Or, Why We Are Doomed: Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Editor's note: this is a three-part post, running one per week. I watched one of my favorite movies recently: Sgt. York. I always loved this movie, even better than that…
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Posted inPhilosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Animal Souls Aren’t Immortal

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. Review is…
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Why Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People?

Why are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People? Couple of academics just asked the question, "Why is Intelligence Negatively Associated with Religiousness?" "The answer", one report says, "is that religion…
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Posted inFun Statistics

E-Classes (& Other Changes) Coming

Many changes coming.. Site fixes You've seen the new theme by now. Many more people were reading on "devices" and the old format was not well suited. Plus, the typography…
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Posted inCulture

An Afternoon At The Whitney With Modern ‘Art’– Guest Post by the Blonde Bombshell

A friend of mine, an aficionado and collector of modern art, brought me to the Whitney Museum in the Meatpacking District. I had been to the iconic flowerpot structure of…
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Posted inPhilosophy

Machines Can’t Learn (Universals): The Abacus As Brain Part II

Read Our Intellects Are Not Computers: The Abacus As Brain Part I first. Machines can learn, all right. But they can't learn like us. Machines cannot apprehend universals, ideas of…
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Ross Douthat’s Preferential Option for Climate Catastrophe

Stream: Ross Douthat's Preferential Option for Climate Catastrophe. This article is in answer to Ross Douthat's, a.k.a. Lt Keefer's, column "Neither Hot Nor Cold on Climate" in which he impugned…
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Poll For Christians: When Is Last Time You Heard About Hell In Sermon/Homily?

About my pewsitting youth, I do not recall much. When young, I was too busy snapping the hat holders on the pew backs. While a teen, my acts of rebellion…
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