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Eliminating Randomness Reduces Need For God And Increases Belief In Evolution

Caution! The experiment I'm about to explain might increase your belief in God. It should only be attempted by academics who are immune to such deleterious effects. Got a pair…

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Texting Leads To Sexting…Leads To Bad Television

Researchers Find What they find is a way to publish yet another study documenting what everybody already knew. According to this article, sent in by reader Jack Mosevich, researchers have…

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Certified Hot!

No, not me, likely as that would be, but the slot machines at the Soaring Eagle Casinos. Thanks to the---can we call it anything else?---hot tip from long-time reader BillB,…

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Midweek Catchup: The Natural Advantage Of Doomsayers

Micro-economics of the End of the World As I sit contemplating my under-employment and its various causes, it became clear to me that my natural sunny disposition has hampered me.…

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TSA Expands Jurisdiction To Sidewalks: Where Is The Left?

"Sir? Please step over here. You need to be x-rayed." "What? Get outta my way. Who are you?" said the man. "Sir, please step over to the machine. You have…

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Japanese Meltdown

No, not the reactors, the press. Ghouls, most of them. They always wish for the worst. The only class of people (besides Communists and morticians) for whom death not only…

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Title IX And Campus Equality

Under Title IX, a woman is entitled to equal access to everything on a college campus. That includes being safe. The most devastating thing is a young girl who reports…

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Are Humans As Violent As In The Good Old Days?

If we had records of massacres as we have meteorological records, don't you think we might discover their internal laws, after several centuries of observation? --- Joseph de Maistre. There…

C-Marie on Communism Doesn’t Go Away Until Egalitarianism Dies: The Works of David Stove 3August 31, 2024
Sooo happy for you and your family!! God bless, C-Marie
NLR on Killing A Paradox: The Two EnvelopesAugust 31, 2024
Another thing is that there are two kinds of uncertainty in this problem. There's the uncertainty of how much money…
hudbwu on Quelling Violence In Terror States! The Return Of DickmanAugust 31, 2024
@JH: Marriage = sex, more or less. A case can be made H. sapiens evolved into exclusive lifelong monogamy, that…
Nate on Killing A Paradox: The Two EnvelopesAugust 31, 2024
Riggs, there's no contradiction in the 2nd item. The second problem simply is not the same problem the same as…
AG McNeil on Communism Doesn’t Go Away Until Egalitarianism Dies: The Works of David Stove 3August 31, 2024
"Here is a depressing thread of 40-something women who believe they can still have kids." Why would that be depressing?…