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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil is Based on the Good
Previous post. We have a very easy week, a short chapter defining how evil is in a good thing, and what that means. This is a mopping up chapter, collecting…
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Insanity & Doom Update XXI
Readers will have to help me. I've been posting insane and doom-laden articles for so long they all start to look alike. I worry that I repeating links. But it…
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Equality of Opportunity Always Masks Desire For (More Than) Equality Of Outcome
Last November, Spiked magazine held a discussion panel on "Is the left eating itself?" at which appeared ex-Evergreen State College professor and self-described progressive Bret Weinstein. You may recall that…
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You Don’t Have Free Will, Which Is Why You Make Such Bad Choices
Stream: You Don't Have Free Will, Which Is Why You Make Such Bad Choices There is a special kind of stupid achievable only by the intelligent (I resemble this remark).…
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Free Probability-Statistics Class: Predictive Case Study 1, Part XI
Review! We left off with comparing the standard, out-of-the-box linear regression with our multinomial predictive observable model. The great weaknesses of the regression were probability leakage (giving positive probability to…
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Abortion Supporters Believe In Magic
Stream: Abortion Supporters Believe In Magic Ireland has a Minister for Children named Katherine Zappone. Zappone supports abortion. She was asked about the "inherent contradiction" between her support and her…
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Do Demons Exist?
When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons. The whole town was gathered at the door. He cured many who…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Good is the Cause of Evil
Previous post. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. That Good is the Cause of Evil 1 The foregoing arguments enable us to conclude that evil is caused…