On Twitter’s Shadow Banning
Friend of ours noticed late last week that his tweets were no longer showing up in Twitter searches. So I searched for his name, complete with Twitter handle, and saw…
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Obama’s Climate Challenge. Do Business Leaders Dare To Take It?
Today's important political post is at The Stream: Obama's Climate Challenge. Do Business Leaders Dare To Take It? President Obama is bruiting the idea of a $10 per barrel oil…
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Infinity, (Physical) Parameters, Fine Tuning, & Probability
Via Ed Feser I was led back to Alvin Plantinga's Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism, which has a lot about probability. I'll not do much of…
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On The Freedom Of Religion And Satanism
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of…
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Iowa Caucus Open Discussion. Update: Text Fixed, Those Coin Tosses Discussed
https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/694224471712878592 That tweet was my prediction early yesterday, which I made partly relying on polls but more on the size of the crowds those two men garnered. About those polls,…
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On Virtue & Holiness Signalling
Since man's deepest needs are spiritual, and man lives in society and is fallen, there is bound to be among men virtue or holiness signaling. We all have the desire,…
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The Corrosive Effect Of Democracy, Far East Edition
Taiwan had its election on January 16th, elevating Tsai English Language (her real name) to the presidency. Tsai represented the DPP, which is roughly equivalent to the island's progressive party.…
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Analysis Of A Sermon From The Secular Scientism Priest Neil deGrasse Tyson
It's not that anybody of stature claims Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of our greatest minds; instead, it has been said he is a harmless entertainer. In this there is…