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$Mathematics Operates Like Whiteness$

Mathematics Operates Like Whiteness

Here's what mathematics education professor Rochelle Gutierrez said: Who gets credit for doing and developing mathematics, and who is seen as part of the mathematical community is generally viewed as…

Culture

Catholic Bishop McElroy Endorses Trump, Criticizes Buttgieg

It's being reported Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has endorsed President Trump for re-election. McElroy didn't mention Trump by name, but he gave the following hints that Trump…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Love Thy Neighbor

Previous post. It's unlikely your neighbor lives on the far side of the world, or the other side of the border. So just what does neighbor mean? Read and find…

Culture

Week In Doom — 2020 Election Preview Edition

Item Superbowl halftime show featured a "latinx" stripper. Was there really a pole dance? Item Unhinged @ASU student wants to "slash the throats" of all Trump supporters. https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1225226164806881283 Progressives are…

Philosophy

Libertarian Wants Wolves To Stop Eating Rabbits & Lions To Become Vegans

The title is a joke, of a sort. It's humor comes in its truth. It is true a self-labeling libertarian named Andy Lamey wants people to stop eating animals. He…

Statistics

Over-Certainty of Polygenic Scores

This is really a Part I of a series of articles about the latest trend (fad?) in statistical biology, but I didn't want to label it that way, which would…

Culture

Church of England: Sodomy Bad; No, Good; No, Maybe

Week or so back, in a move that surprised everybody, the Church of England remembered for a brief moment what it was a Church of. They issued a statement saying…

Statistics

You Can’t Predict The Unpredictable

There is, or might even not be, some BAD THING ahead of us. I don't know what it is, and you don't know what it is, and nobody knows what…

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hudbwu on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 18, 2024
Of course, the abolition of slavery was something the (Catholic) Church worked basically since day 1. And I'm pretty sure…