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How Models Are Being Used & Abused In Science
I was interviewed by the Manipulation Check channel on YouTube the other day on, more or less, the philosophy of models. And how models are being used and abused these…
Posted inSAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: Objections To Original Sin
Previous post. Objections to the idea of original sin. Be sure to review. This week our good saint only lays out the counter-arguments. The rebuttals are next week. OBJECTIONS AGAINST…
Posted inFun
This Is A Stick Up
Before I begin, let me ask Biden voters: how you guys doing today? It's that happy joyous anticipated glorious time of year where I squeeze readers to fund my extravagant…
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Yuval Harari’s Homo Deus: Marketing The Materialist World View — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
Reading your typical book is like sitting on the grandstand of a racetrack. You see the race cars whizzing by, and you sort of feel the excitement of the race,…
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Celebrity Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson Speaks — Excerpt From Everything You Believe Is Wrong
This excerpt comes in Chapter 20, Science. First comes the Science Is Self-Correcting Fallacy, followed by the My Grant Was Funded Therefore My Theory Is True Fallacy, which is a…
Posted inPhilosophy
Science Is Not The Answer: Should We Coerce Covid Drugs Because Science?
I have been asked by several, several times, to start a Substack. I have no idea why clicking on a Substack article is different than clicking here. But this might…
Posted inCulture
Michael Anton On Identifying Our Cultural Disease’s Symptoms & An Attempt At A Diagnosis
The obvious first stage in disease identification is noticing symptoms and their extent. This, for the United States, Michael Anton does with acumen and aplomb, in his New Criterion essay…
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The Ultimate Test Of Lie Detectors
This new paper is from our friend Kent Clizbe, well known to regular readers, and is entitled "Research Protocol for Testing Deception Detection Methods,Techniques and Technology to Identify High-Stakes Liars"…