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Are Chance Or Randomness Real After All?
From reader Nick L comes this question (in which I hope I have properly rendered the Greek): I am still regularly enjoying your blog. I notice one of your consistent…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Prayer Works, Even When God Knows All
Previous post. You can't get from whatever will be, will be, to the inefficacy of human action. THAT THE IMMUTABILITY OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE DOES NOT SUPPRESS THE VALUE OF PRAYER…
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The Week In Doom — Herstaria (Not Hysteria) Edition
Item https://twitter.com/AliceTeller/status/1168326815217270784 The tacit argument is that guns are only safe in the hands of government employees, and that government and state officials would never abuse their powers. This argument…
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On YouGov’s Survey About Israel
YouGov has a survey out about American's attitudes to Israel and Jews. There are some items of interest. I beg those who cannot bear any criticism of this country to…
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World War T Has Been Lost
Some men believe, or ardently pretend, they are women. And vice versa. These people are crazy. Not just a little crazy, but full-on bat guana gibbering remove-all-sharp-objects crazy. Compassionate people…
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Researcher In AI Responds To Criticisms
I received this thoughtful, and may I say highly accurate, email from reader EN, which I include in full below. I removed the age and name to protect EN's identity.…
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#UniteTheClans Dammit
Michael Matt at The Remnant says it's time to Unite The Clans. Fr Z agrees. I say it's past time. Z says: What he is asking for is that Catholics…
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All Rhodes Lead To Rome: Part II — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Read Part I Let's think a minute about empires. They have to have a starting point. A point where they grow beyond a national boundary and take on a momentum…