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Is Feminist Epistemology Different Than Male Epistemology?

Euclid gave us a gloriously simple proof that there are an infinite number of primes. A prime number, of course, is a positive number that can be evenly divided only…

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Dear Ben Santer

Dear Ben, How was your trip to D.C.? Were you nervous when you testified before Congress about how ridiculous climate science in the public has become? I read that you…

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What Makes Music Bad? A New Scale: Part I, the Definition

It might have been coming out of the air space between her ear buds and flesh, or it might have been seeping through the holes in the woman's head. Either…

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Pet Peeves

Car ads on the radio I listen to a lot of baseball, which means I'm forced to endure a lot of ads. The worst are for cars, where each has…

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Barack Obama, Dictator: Secret Transcript

Transcript Begins Obama Read that back to me. Axelrod OK: I have fantasizedâ€“don't get me wrongâ€“but that what if we could just be China for a day? I mean, just,…

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Martin Gardner, Philosophical Scrivener, RIP

All regular readers will surely know Martin Gardner, writer, philosopher, mathematician, magician, exposer of flim flam. He died Saturday night; according to long-time friend and magician James Randi, peacefully. For…

Culture

eBooks And The Future of Reading

Warning: Raw Speculation Alert. You have been warned! You are reading. This form of reading will not disappear. eBooks---whether they be standalone devices, or merely apps on multipurpose toys like…

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My Secret To Win At Gambling Finally Revealed

One of the difficulties that world-famous public personalities such as myself face is that people think we have the answer for every question. That isn't true. It's only mostly true.…

John Pate on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 25, 2024
I got banned from twatter and refused reinstatement for unspecified crimes. The proximate tweet was an assertion the NHS is…
Paul Murphy on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 25, 2024
umm, doc? I have two pieces of what you need most here - unsolicited advice. 1 - the use of…
Steve on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 25, 2024
@JerryR, Less than 1 million English men died so how are there 4 million sex starved women? Ever met an…
Sid Porter on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 25, 2024
Just one piece of advice Dr. Briggs- stay away from Milan and its piazzas.
JerryR on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 25, 2024
There is a little about the issue of more women than men on the internet but not much. Search for…