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The Great Grand Bluff Of Science
Everybody knows the story of the turtles. The earth is held up by four large elephants, some say, which stand on the shell of an enormous turtle. When asked what…
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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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People Enjoy The Expertocracy Filling The Gaps Left By Christianity’s Exit
Announcement Next week I am on vacation as I prepare for the Cultural Event of the Year. There will be no new posts: there may be classic reposts. Regular readers…
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End All Formal Science Journals & Papers
Time to return to the beginning. End formal science papers and let scientists talk freely amongst themselves. Here's why. Heard about the formal peer-reviewed paper "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: Parent…
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The Beginnings Of The Expertocracy (a.k.a. Managerial Society) Starts With Napoleon
The French Revolution is directly responsible for the creating the soil in which the managerial society grew. The Cult of Reason alone proves this. The initial flowering of the managerial…
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On Why That “In Defense of Merit in Science” Paper Will Fail In Its Worthy Goal
You might have heard of the peer-reviewed article "In Defense of Merit in Science" by "intellectual dark web" members like Peter Boghossian and old-school lefties like Jerry Coyne, John McWhorter…
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Why The Inexorable Increase In The Expertocracy: Examples
Our goal, no easy one, is to figure the trajectory of the Expertocracy. Their goal we know. Complete total full control of every aspect of all life under the guidance,…
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Resetting Global Agriculture: The Destructive Road to Dystopia — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
Introduction A title that seems to carry conspiratorial overtones (some might conclude). Well, as my esteemed readers know by now, the so-called “Dutch nitrogen crisis” got me thinking; philosophically, scientifically,…