August 2019 – Page 4 – William M. Briggs

O’Brian On Democracy — “Pernicious Nonsense” Etc.

If some literature student (in a non-Western ideology-soaked department) is looking for thesis material, Patrick O'Brian on the evils of democracy is it. Here, only one snippet, from The Yellow…

Culture

Bad Arguments Used To Push Gun Confiscation

There are many lousy arguments used to push for gun confiscation, many of which are well known. Here are four which are either newer or less well known, but which…

Culture

James Lovelock’s Error-Making Capabilities Peak At 100

Happy Birthday to the old boy. Who really is a full century of years, God bless him. I happened upon a copy of the BBC's Science Focus in an airport…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Free Will Is Still Subject To God

Previous post. God can bend the will. Why not? How He does so, is not given here. THAT HUMAN ACTS OF CHOICE AND OF WILL ARE SUBJECT TO DIVINE PROVIDENCE…

Fun

The Week In Good News

All Doom and no sunshine makes Jack a dull boy. Even in decline a culture has bright spots. I'll start: God willing, tomorrow I will polkaing like a madman. Your…

Culture

Beware Of Christian Nationalism! Say…Christian Leaders?

List all the realistic political terrors in operation or on the horizon. Big Brother surveillance from government and corporations. Tolerance of Antifa---in government and corporations. Just plain government and corporations.…

Philosophy

Darwinian Delusions Discussed Discursively

Let's watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noj4phMT9OE Round table with Stephen Meyer, David Berlinski, and David Gelernter. The occasion was Gelernter's review of Meyer's and Berlinski's anti-Darwin book in Claremont Review "Given up…

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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.
Johnno on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 19, 2024
Have the reporters asked the White House if perhaps another booster might help the Biden? A certain someone said it…
Johnno on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 19, 2024
Technically, the Church had and used slaves. And even the Old Testament allowed for slavery under certain conditions. For example,…