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Clean Razors For Women Who Cut Themselves? What Happened to First Do No Harm?

Physicians long ago abandoned the Hippocratic Oath, for at least the reason that its call for physicians not to cause harm went against the modern acceptance, and even boasting, of…

Culture

The Ultimate Conspiracy Part I– Guest Post by Ianto Watt

My goodness, there seems to be a lot of cats running around! And a whole lot of empty bags lying about as well. It reminds one of the 'As I…

Philosophy

AI Does Not Pose A Challenge To Christianity

The theology and philosophy of the Atlantic article "Is AI a Threat to Christianity?" proves that it was all downhill after the schoolmen in the sad twilight of the Middle…

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Tipler’s Tipsy Parallel Universes of Quantum Mechanics

We're back on our Edge series of concepts scientists wished more people knew about. Today's entry is Frank Tipler's Parallel Universes of Quantum Mechanics. Tipler: In 1957, a Princeton physics…

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A Coincidence: Coyne Zinged Me Before I Him — Or, The Coyne Fallacy Redux

After posting yesterday's article, Jerry Coyne Doesn't Have Free Will (poor fellow), I immediately saw hits coming to my place from Coyne's. It turned out that, unbeknownst to me, the…

Culture Philosophy

Do I Exist? (Does Russia?) Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Do I exist? Great question. And does that rock over there really exist? Another great question. For idiots. Yet those are the two questions that have tortured all of the…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Our Nature And Possible Intellect

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're still…

Culture Philosophy

Musk’s Matrix Is Malodorous

"Elon Musk has said that there is only a 'one in billions' chance that we're not living in a computer simulation." Since all probability is conditional on the assumed premises,…

hudbwu on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 30, 2026
Is this the essay in which he claims women are stupider because their bodies invest so much into reproduction they…
Johnno on Musk Doges Deaths: Researchers Say USAID Absence Kills Kills Kills!June 29, 2026
Complaining about deaths is bigoted micro-aggressive language targeted at minorities of peoplehood that believe in and worship Death as a…
Johnno on The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David StoveJune 29, 2026
"Everything in woman is a riddle, and everything in woman hath one answer - it is called pregnancy." - Friedrich…
Cary D Cotterman on Musk Doges Deaths: Researchers Say USAID Absence Kills Kills Kills!June 29, 2026
People in the Western World, and parts of east Asia, figured out how to thrive. The Third World must figure…
Brian ( bulaoren) on Musk Doges Deaths: Researchers Say USAID Absence Kills Kills Kills!June 29, 2026
If I had a hammer... I am now overcome with guilt about all the windshield squeegee men I've waved off.…