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Top Ten Articles of 2023
Today that most highly anticipated post of the year, the post where you learn what you, the reader, did to us. For it is you who are responsible for what…
Posted inFun Philosophy
A Christmas Carol Revisited — Guest Post by Richard Law
Richard Law is a retired web engineer and writer living in Switzerland. 'Tis the season for Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) deservedly popular tale of the time-travels of Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas…
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Experts: Everybody In Europe Died From Breathing Toxic Air
A toxin, as the redoubtable reader undoubtedly knows, is a poison. And a poison, says Mr Webster, is that which causes "morbid, noxious, or deadly effects". People who ingest or…
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Truths Labeled Medical Misinformation, Falsities Called Official Truths
Gruesome Gavin Newsom signed a bill in 2022 that allowed him to snatch the medical license from any doctor that disagreed with his Official Truths of coronadoom. I say "his"…
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Modern The Science & The Unpersoning Of Evidence
There is no typo in the title. We are discussing The Science, and not science. Science-sans-article is chugging along, doing okay there, and poorly there, the whole decaying for all…
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N.S. Lyons On The Shape & Trajectory Of The Expertocracy
The most important book (or booklet) you can read this year about nature of the Expertocracy, and the differences between Expertocracies, is N.S. Lyons's (sub-optimally named) The China Convergence, a…
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Mask Forever, Says Experts’ Model, It Saves Lives!
Here's a question for you, brought to you by propagandists: "Could permanent masks in public become Vic policy?" And here's the headline: "Could wearing masks in public be the answer…
Posted inPhilosophy
Blish & Spengler On The End Science
The National Association of Scholars is hosting a webinar this Friday, 3 PM EST: Is Science Broken? featuring Yours Truly. Free, but you have to register. We were introduced to…