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Summary Against Modern Thought: Refuting Arius
Previous post. Read up on last week first to refresh your memory. This is a long one. REFUTATION OF THE OPINION OF ARIUS ON THE SON OF GOD 1 That…
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Not Speaking Out Against “Racism” Will Now Get You Canned
Georgetown Adjunct Law Professor---stop me if you've heard this one before---Sandra Sellers, was on a "Zoom" call with another prof, one David Batson, when she said her black students were…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Arius’s Opinion On The Divinity Of Christ
Previous post. It would be well, if you recall, how this particular story ended. The errors spoken of here won't be refuted until next week. THE OPINION OF ARIUS ABOUT…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Refuting Sabellius On The Divinity Of Christ
Previous post. More common arguments against Jesus's divinity and their refutation. This chapter may be of service of those in the Muslim faith. THE OPINION OF SABELLIUS ON THE SON…
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Cognitive Bayes & Rationality: Why Theoretical Explanations Charging People With Conspiracy Theories Fails
Fun quiz time! This is some data: x = c(0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1). Something caused that data to be. I know what it is,…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Refuting Protius
Previous post. Not knowing where else to put this, and this the Lord's day, a prayer request from a long-time reader. I know this might sound weird since I'm just…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Son Of God Is God
Previous post. A short chapter, with a simple, profound thought: There is only God. A popular phrase in Arabic, if I am not mistaken. THAT THE SON OF GOD IS…
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Why (Scott Alexander’s) Bayesian Rationality Fails
Scott Alexander, late of Slate Star Codex, and New York Times doxee, is the subject of Curtis Yarvin nee Moldbug's latest. Rather, Alexander's (and Moldbug's? see postscript) Bayesian rationality is.…