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Precaution: Part IV—Guest Post by J.C. Hanekamp

Read Part III. Science plays an interesting role in precautionary culture. Overall, science is looked at in our culture as a discerning field of advice in terms of numerous aspects…

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Logic: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part I

Since we had so much fun pulling apart Ed Feser's The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism (start here), I thought we'd do the same for Peter Kreeft's…

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Epistemology: Peter Kreeft’s Summa Philosophica Part VI

Read Part V. Remember, we're doing summaries of summaries here; only bare sketches are possible. Buy his book for more detail. We are back on familiar stamping groups with Question…

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Precaution: Part I — Guest Post by J.C. Hanekamp

The can things with the sharp little edges That can cut your fingers when you're not looking The soft little things on the floor that you step on They can…

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The Dire And Depressing Implications Of Science As Scientism: Two Introductions

A long introduction... Scientism is the fallacy that all that is known and all that can be known, can only be known through scientific methods: that which is testable is…

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Precaution: Part V (Final)—Guest Post by J.C. Hanekamp

Read Part IV Trying to create an ideal world by precautionary design carries utopian overtones of a nostalgic streak, also known the pastoral ideal that is so well described by…

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Scientific Truths Are Not Better Truths Than Just-Plain Truths

One of the key fallacies of scientism, in the sense of being the most destructive to common sense and personal wellbeing, is to suppose that any theory put forth in…

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Do Conservatives Distrust Science More Than Liberals?

Science versus Scientism That, anyway, is the latest question making the rounds in the science wars. The simplistic answer, the one de rigueur on campuses and newsrooms, is "Yes." Why,…

Tars Tarkas on Bad Predictions Mean Bad Models, Even If You’re A Distinguished ExpertNovember 22, 2024
"Lichtman, poor fellow, did not resist. I have sympathy for him. He has been sought, and lauded, every four years,…
McChuck on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 22, 2024
@PhilH - What you are describing *is* quantum mechanics. More specifically, quantum field theory. Once you eliminate all the woo-hoo…
Happy Lambs on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 22, 2024
This was great thanks for the book rec
PhilH on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 21, 2024
I’m not convinced that quantum computing will ever be a reality. Quantum mechanics is a complex and confusing theory that…
NLR on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 21, 2024
Considering the aims and ideologies of the governments and megacorporations that are keen on quantum computing and considering all the…