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Insanity & Doom Update LXIV

Item The Name 'Weight Watchers' Is Apparently Politically Incorrect, So They've Changed It The weight loss juggernaut formally known as Weight Watchers wants "everyone" to be included, and thus has…

Philosophy

The Scientific Ethicist: Mathematics & Logic Edition

As scientism is still with us, this classic post, originally from 14 November 2014. Can I Skip College? Dear Scientific Ethicist, I am a junior in high school and will…

Culture

Insanity & Doom Update LXIII — Special Midweek Doom

We really could do one of these daily. Item Our Revolution's Logic Don't know where else to put this. Read it. It shows the doom awaiting us should the Party…

Statistics

Quack Quack: 25% of Students “Traumatized” By 2016 Election

Headline 25% of students say they were traumatized by the 2016 election, study says A quarter of students found the 2016 so traumatic they now report symptoms of PTSD, according…

Culture

You Have To Laugh — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Who Believes The MSM? Here we go again. False flags flying over Turkey. Lots of other places too. Why should we be surprised though, when these things work so well?…

Statistics

You Can’t Quantify The Unquantifiable

I stole the picture below from YouGov. A new YouGov study reveals exactly how positively and negatively the population perceives various descriptions to be. YouGov showed respondents a selection of…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: You Need God To Know Anything

Previous post. We're still on the theme that you need God to see God. Indeed, you need God to know anything. THAT THE CREATED INTELLECT NEEDS AN INFLUX OF DIVINE…

Culture

Insanity & Doom Update LXII

Item Students Demand Professor Be Fired After He Champions Due Process, Says 'Accusers Sometimes Lie' Nearly 100 students at the University of Southern California attended a rally at noon on…

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…
Hagfish Bagpipe on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 20, 2024
Johnno: "It’s like a panacea, but in reverse." Good one.