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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Human Soul Is Created By God, Part III

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. A continuation…

Culture

You’re A Racist

Item Police investigate Cambridge University student who claimed 'all white people are racist' in massive Twitter rant The Cambridge student wrote: 'ALL white people are racist. White middle class, white…

Culture

Haaretz: ‘Dirty Jews’ and the Christian Right

Before you get frothy, the title is not mine. It belongs to Haaretz. The writer is one Josh Lambert. The subtitle: "Brilliant actors like Larry David and Sarah Silverman are…

Philosophy

Why Is A Living Planet A Heresy?

I can't prove that holding that the earth is alive and possesses an intellect and will is heresy, but I think it is for the following reasons. On my Stream…

Culture

Would A Secret Society Lie? The Freemasons Part I– Guest Post by Ianto Watt

I was prodded once, by a friend, to explain the existence and meaning of FreeMasonry. And I replied, briefly, that Julius Felsenburgh had yet to make his appearance. Not that…

Statistics

DDP: Quack Cures For What Doesn’t Ail Us, Part II

I'm at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness meeting in No-History City, Louisiana. Here's Part II of (an earlier draft of) the speech I gave Saturday. Consider donating $1 for every…

Statistics

DDP: Quack Cures For What Doesn’t Ail Us, Part I

I'm at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness meeting in No-History City, Louisiana. Here's Part I of (an earlier draft of) the speech I gave Saturday. Consider donating $1 for every…

Culture

Charlottesviille Open Thread

I was cloistered all yesterday, so I missed everything. I'll let you tell me what happened. Notable tweets. Anybody know why the driver did it? https://twitter.com/ThomasWictor/status/896503058368090112 https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/896405732748349440 https://twitter.com/nontolerantman/status/896503933673328641 https://twitter.com/NotPaxDickinson/status/896411768578351104 https://twitter.com/ThomasWictor/status/896484872063115264…

Plantagenet on Reasons Not To Like Prediction MarketsJuly 23, 2024
At betting shops over here in the UK there seem to be two types of big event bets. The first…
Reasons Not To Like Prediction Markets – William M. Briggs on The Many Horrors, Unintended Consequences & Undesirabilities Of VotingJuly 23, 2024
[…] in the long run. This brings us to the Voting Fallacy, which I wrote about at length here (blog,…
Briggs on Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many!July 23, 2024
TFBW, Fixed. Thanks.
TFBW on Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many!July 23, 2024
The link to Breaking the Law of Averages has been sabotaged by one of your enemies.
John Pate on Academics Have Contest To See How Many Times They Can Say ‘Racist’ In An Article: An IQ StoryJuly 22, 2024
The problems with IQ measurement are very well understood by proponents like Lynn. I once had lunch with a group…