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Researcher In AI Responds To Criticisms
I received this thoughtful, and may I say highly accurate, email from reader EN, which I include in full below. I removed the age and name to protect EN's identity.…
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#UniteTheClans Dammit
Michael Matt at The Remnant says it's time to Unite The Clans. Fr Z agrees. I say it's past time. Z says: What he is asking for is that Catholics…
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All Rhodes Lead To Rome: Part II — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Read Part I Let's think a minute about empires. They have to have a starting point. A point where they grow beyond a national boundary and take on a momentum…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: On Divine Providence
Previous post. We'll let our good saint provide the summary: either providence cannot be certain or else all things happen by necessity. This is an extremely important article. Take it…
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The Week In Doom — How Depressing Edition
Item One-year-old prescribed antidepressants by NHS in Scotland A one-year-old boy was prescribed antidepressants by the NHS in Scotland, as prescriptions for the drugs soared across the UK. NHS Tayside…
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Last Of The Summer Whine
Summer is over This is the end The ring-necked plover Is back in his bed The lake is still warm The water yet inviting But it's not good form And…
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The Idol Of Our Age by Daniel J. Mahoney — Reviewed
The idol of the age is us. We, having to worship something, worship ourselves. The idea of good and evil for each of us must come from somewhere. It cannot…
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Frisco Changes ‘Convicted Felon’ To ‘Justice-Involved Person’: Contest
Headline: San Francisco board rebrands 'convicted felon' as 'justice-involved person,' sanitizes other crime lingo. Crime-ridden San Francisco has introduced new sanitized language for criminals, getting rid of words such as…
