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You Don’t Have Free Will, Which Is Why You Make Such Bad Choices

Stream: You Don't Have Free Will, Which Is Why You Make Such Bad Choices There is a special kind of stupid achievable only by the intelligent (I resemble this remark).…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Celestial Bodies Don’t Control Our Will

Previous post. Celestial bodies don't control our intellects or wills; though they may control our bodies. Well, the moon's gravitation, for instance, does do something to us. THAT THE CELESTIAL…

Philosophy

The Static Theory of Time and Free Will — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor

It is often argued that if the block universe theory of time is correct then people lack free will. The reason for this contention is because on a B-theory of…

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Do Not Read This Article On Why You Don’t Have Free Will

There is a certain charm in a fellow who can bring himself to write "We humans like to think of ourselves as mindful creatures" while intimating it isn't so. Yet…

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Edge’s Last Question

The guy who runs Edge, the site we've had some fun with over the years, has decided he's run out of interesting questions. So to go out with a noise,…

Culture

Why Child Sex Abuse & Trafficking Is Allowed To Continue — Guest Post by Cassandra Outlander

A brief summary from an new contributor. Child sex abuse and trafficking is as horrific as it is unbelievable, which is one reason why the criminals involved are able to…

Philosophy

Why Is A Living Planet A Heresy?

I can't prove that holding that the earth is alive and possesses an intellect and will is heresy, but I think it is for the following reasons. On my Stream…

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Leibniz’s Problem with Materialism — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor

In this essay, I shall consider a popular view in the philosophy of mind known as emergentism. Emergentism is a type of materialist view that says that the brain or…

JH on Class 53: Laplace Was Right!June 6, 2025
Since you used (8.7) at the beginning of the video, let me try again. A calculus fact: If f(N) approaches…
When Chief Editors’ reviews go off the rails: Frontiers’/Dr. Eddy Davelaar’s criticism of our accepted meta-analysis and our detailed response – bobuttl.org on The World’s Easiest Sociological Prediction Has Been VerifiedJune 5, 2025
[…] William M. Briggs (2024, Feb 8): The World’s Easiest Sociological Prediction Has Been Verified… […]
Milton Hathaway on Even The Woke Say Science Is Petering OutJune 4, 2025
I seem to be missing something here. The "Average CD" chart shows a marked decline, while the "Total Papers" chart…
Uncle Mike on Even The Woke Say Science Is Petering OutJune 4, 2025
The problem, in a nutshell, is the trending longitudinal bibliometrics of stochastic heuristics. Vouchsafe the imperative and quotidian drivel perpetuates.
Milton Hathaway on Expert Nathan Confas: Experts Know BestJune 4, 2025
There is a well-known phenomenon in my occupation (engineering), and, I assume, in many other occupations. By nature, engineers love…