That Smarts Everybody knows that some people are smarter than others, and that some are teachable and some not. Well, some people do deny these facts, believing that if everybody started from […]
Why Is Economics Plagued By Math?
The answer is easy: because math is numbers and numbers are measurement and measurements are necessary to make a subject “scientific” in the modern sense of that word. Why should economics be […]
Statistics Good, Bad & Ugly
In an attempt to catch up on my 300-some emails (yes, the total has grown considerably; probably because of recent publicity), here are some articles sent in by readers that bear attention. […]
Bad Arguments Against The Death Penalty: Update
Big news is that both lefty and righty Catholic news sources banded together last week to issue an editorial “Capital Punishment Must End“. The subject is enormous; there is no hope of […]
Do You Believe In Global Warming Because Of The Seriousness Of The Charges?
An activist tells you, “Based on my theory of rampant, out-of-control global warming, otters, driven mad by the heat, will take to the streets and destroy mankind, just like apes do in […]
It’s Time To Lynch Those Who Deny Climate Skepticism
Let us agree with the enlightened that the world is imperfect and ought not to be. The cause of imperfection is human error which ought to be eradicated with extreme prejudice. One […]
Voting (And Wisdom Of The Crowds)
First read Wisdom of the Crowds (and Voting). There are in this great land of ours some 315 million souls. Citizens, I mean. Another 12 millions (or so) are, as the euphemism […]
Reasoning To Belief: Feser’s The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism — Part Last: Skulls Full Of Nothing
Don’t Think Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part Interlude, Part IV, Part V, Part VI. Part Last. Buy the book ($12.92 as of last glance). There is a curious phenomenon […]
Recent Comments