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Celebrate—While You Still Can
Rich men, trust not in wealth, Gold cannot buy you health; Physic himself must fade. All things to end are made, The plague full swift goes by; I am sick,…
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Your Most Important Choice: Part II — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Read Part I. As we consider Team 2 (Christianity) in light of the five points of interest to me, it bears noting that Christianity has a built-in advantage over Team…
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Classical Music vs. Music Of Color?
So we were heading to the Sheep Meadow to have a day reading under a tree. By the time we passed Balto, we could already hear it. Thump! Thump! Thump!…
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Yes, There Is A Hot Hand In Basketball
On the Second of March in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Two, well before the sport became another venue for pencil-necked political correctness, a basketball player…
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The Week In Doom — Lavender Mafia Edition
Item Fr James Martin confirms the existence and pervasiveness of the Lavender Mafia. https://twitter.com/JamesMartinSJ/status/1143189497980604422 If this tweet disappears, which if Martin has any sense it would, I have a screenshot…
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The Doomsday Argument Is Doomed: Flawed Application Of Bayes
The WSJ on 27 June 2019 published an essay by William Poundstone on the hoary Doomsday Argument. Many are fooled by this equation, which contains a fundamental, even glaring, flaw.…
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Your Most Important Choice: Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Ante Up The world is a pretty confusing place. Considering the diverse nature of mankind's varied belief systems, that's not surprising. But that doesn't explain the depths of man's seeming…
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Sphere Eversion, Free Will & Infinite Powers
Can a sphere be turned inside out, such that the outside becomes the inside, and vice versa, without creasing or tearing or poking a hole in the sphere? Obviously not.…