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Diversity Is Not Always Desirable Part V
Diversity Is Not Always Desirable Part I Part II, Part III Part IV, Part V It's time to hear from our enemies on what they say maximal diversity is. The…
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Diversity Is Not Always Desirable Part IV
Diversity Is Not Always Desirable Part I Part II, Part III Part IV We have shown that limited, and only limited, maximal diversity of physical characteristic is logically possible. However,…
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Diversity Is Not Always Desirable Part III
Diversity Is Not Always Desirable Parts I, II, III, IV Race, whether or not it can be successfully defined biologically, is clearly important. People, even the non-sincere, at least act…
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Diversity Is Not Always Desirable: Part II
Diversity Is Not Always Desirable Parts I, II, III, IV Suppose we are not interested in "the best" or the "is qualified" premises and merely seek to stock our organization…
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Diversity Is Not Always Desirable: Part I
I will continue to be away from the computer until (I think) this Thursday. So here is a corrected and amplified classic series, which originally ran in December 2010. Diversity…
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Squirrel Arrested For Stealing Nuts: Nonhuman Rights Entail Nonhuman Responsibilities
Wesley Smith writes at the Weekly Standard: [T]he annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science hosted a panel supporting the Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans, which…
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Are The Masters Winners Getting Younger And Better? Predictions Update
Update As of this writing, the 2012 Masters is halfway through, so it's a good time to re-examine the predictions made last April for this year's tournament. Scores have been…
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Good Friday: Rally For Reason With St Anselm’s Ontological Argument
It's Good Friday, an excellent time to prove---I use this word in its logical sense---that many people come to religion through rational argument. We earlier this week examined the so-called…