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Christian Accelerationism
Perhaps you have seen the term accelerationism used by some members of Team Reality. The idea, simplified, is that the system is lurching toward a leftist singularity, and that "If…
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Academics Blame Lower Trust In Scientists On Everything But Bad Scientists
The second sentence of the abstract of a new paper about trust in scientists, which is generally high but in some places low, provides the very reason for distrust: "Public…
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How “The Science” Is Created By Not Understanding Belief & Decision Are Not Uncertainty & Probability
Stick with me on this not-so-easy subject, because I'm going to reveal a trick used to make you "Follow the Science!" Belief is an act. Uncertainty is a state. Decision…
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Our Base Metaphors & Analogies Used In Science Have Outlived Their Usefulness: Part I
Metaphors and analogies exhaust themselves. No matter how useful they are as guides to thought, pushed too far they can loosen our grip on Reality or lead to stagnation, and…
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How Not To Think Like A Bayesian Rationalist
Lisping Rationalists When I read people like Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Alexander it becomes clear to me how the French could have built a Temple of Reason during The Terror.…
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The Expertocracy & Institutional Capture: How Madness Propagates
Yesterday we discussed the first and most important step in how the expertocracy guarantees mandating and propagating madness, which is the Western legal theory that Experts get to decide on…
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How Failing To Butcher Your Child Became “Child Abuse”
Three females, which I believe is significant, took to the pages of the journal Pediatrics and argued that failing to have a surgeon mutilate your child (for a large fee)…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
My Dearest Supporters, Loyal Readers & Despised Enemies, As I said the other day, 2023 was a Transition Year. Things happened, events occurred, but none of these events had the…