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One Out Of Five Babies Are Killed In England & Wales

I received this request from Steve Blendell (slightly edited for spelling): Matt How are you friend? Take a look at Prof Cotter's letter – he's a physicist. Do the stats…

Culture

Penn Professor Amy Wax Under Fire For Speaking Hate Facts Receives Academic Courage Award

Penn Law Professor Amy Wax has been charged with spreading hate facts. Few modern crimes are more detestable to our elites, which is why a swift and predictable reaction against…

Fun

Chicken Chicken Chicken Chik-Fil-A

Sanity took a hit to the gizzard when the New Yorker posted an article by an atheist presumably addicted to Chick-fil-A sandwiches and ashamed of his obsession. The article is…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: How Things Are Ordered To Their Ends

Summary Against Modern Thought: How Things Imitate Divine Goodness Previous post. Question: What is the final cause? Answer: Yes. How Things Are Ordered To Their Ends In Their Various Ways…

Culture

Insanity & Doom Update XXIX

Item WWI 'Peace Cross' memorial ordered torn down due to 'religious message,' court rules A 40-foot memorial dubbed the "Peace Cross," erected in 1925 in honor of 49 men who…

Culture

Another False Flag? — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

How do you go from saying 'We're going to leave Syria to the other guys', to saying 'We're going to bomb your brains out' in one short week? That's the…

Culture

Academics Busily Purging Its Enemies, Real & Imagined

This was written a while back, and part become an item in the Insanity & Doom update. I would have trashed it, except that since the events detailed below, Gilley…

Culture

A Tale Of Two Parks: Destroyers Vs. Preservers — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen

I grew up six miles from White Pines State Park in northern Illinois. I remember attending many family gatherings as a child at the park during the 1960s and 1970s.…

Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many! – William M. Briggs on The Probability Of A Head In A Coin Flip Is 1, Not 1/2July 22, 2024
[…] impossibly perfect symmetry in the device/die and its workings. Did you watch the coin flip video? (Blog, Substack). Now…
Johnno on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 21, 2024
Interesting things being discussed here. I guess it's time to see where this goes... https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/former-pfizer-vp-michael-yeadon-explains-why-theres-no-evidence-for-the-existence-of-any-viruses/ https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/scientists-challenge-fundamental-precepts-of-virology-do-viruses-even-exist/
John Pate on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 21, 2024
The LLM people need to point out AI “hallucinations” are fully in line with the business of science and are…
hudbwu on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 20, 2024
All correct. Slavery had to be specially justified and strictly limited because nobody was inherently worthy of slavery. Therefore, all…
TFBW on Lesson 13: No “Fair” Dice & Jaynes SymmetryJuly 20, 2024
If nothing else, this lecture is giving me pause to reconsider some of my presuppositions. I'm not too satisfied with…