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Restoration
It is a slow Friday, and many of us, as we should be, are off the internets and at the lakeside or park. Yesterday we had thoughts of the country,…
How’d We Do On Our 2019 Predictions?
A strong no prize this year. Nobody did well enough. Not enough specific predictions, or those that were specific did not come to pass. Doom predictions are too easy: they…
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The Week In Doom — Killing Ourselves Randomly Edition
Item https://twitter.com/mattwridley/status/1159395745444900864 Two demonic individuals ("'Their screams music, their pain my pleasure.' Dayton shooter's demonic notebook scrawls reveal he fantasized about massacres, 'hunting' for humans, craved marijuana and speed, called…
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I Defy You To Watch This And Not Smile
Time to lighten things up a bit, if only for a day. First, a palate cleanser, before we get to the main event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpmDAu_47OE This, and a slew of other…
Posted inPhilosophy
In Opposition To Scientism
Bo and Ben Winegard start their Quillette essay (thanks to K.A. Rodgers for the tip) "In Defense of Scientism" by saying "Truth is always provisional". Is that proposition true, or…
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Diversity Is Our Weakness
Diversity is our weakness. Diversity is the process of giving special consideration to those who have favored demographic or biologic characteristics or who have non-procreative sexual desires. Now you might…
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The Week In Doom — Scottish Gingerbread Person Edition
Item From the London Times, a quotation from the print edition, 30 November this year, the "arts" section, page 4, on a PR piece about some screen thot who appeared…
Posted inBook review
The Magician and the Cardsharp — by Karl Johnson
This post, which could use some better writing, originally ran on 5 June 2009. But it's a lot of fun. The Magician and the Cardsharp: The Search for America's Greatest…
