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Thou shalt not quack

The following is an op-ed by former (?) television newsreader and interviewer Lindsay Perigo, originally published online at http://www.solopassion.com/node/7876. But don’t read it there, and don’t...

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You’re no fun(ction) any more

This post continues the discussion on Tim’s post The Ludicrous Claims of Evolution! Why not ESP? In comments on Tim’s post, Terry (who is both an Evolutionist and an Objectivist) says a camera is NOT...

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A Mathematician Debunks Atheist Evolutionism. Lennox vs Dawkins

I love how Dawkin’s hangs his disdain for the word ‘faith’ … according to his own warped definition of the term. And this is a fundamental Sophist Semantic Delusion… an anti-concept purposely designed...

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Say what you mean and mean what you say

Have you considered an egg? Consider Humpty Dumpty, the world’s most famous egg. I poached the following passage from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass (1872), where Humpty discusses semantics...

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It’s time to drive a stake through the heart of Objectivism

I’m not sure how I ended up here. But I did. The desire for the unearned has two aspects: the unearned in matter and the unearned in spirit. (By “spirit” I mean: man’s consciousness.) These two...

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Monism vs. Dualism

Does the distinction between Monism and dualism exist outside the mind? Epistemologically yes. Metaphysically no.

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How many holes?

How many holes are in this bucket? Non-existence is not a fact, it is the absence of a fact, it is a derivative concept pertaining to a relationship, i.e., a concept which can be formed or grasped...

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Disasters waiting to happen #2

Say what you mean, and mean what you say. It’s good advice! But there’s a problem, one which I addressed in a footnote to the post linked to above. We use words to say what we mean and mean what we...

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Harm minimisation vs. harm elimination

It’s important to say what you mean and mean what you say. If you don’t say what you mean and mean what you say, you will likely be misunderstood. The trouble is, even if you do say what you mean and...

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Legalise Drugs and Murder

Green Party to decriminalise abortion The Green Party will decriminalise abortion and assert the right of women to make decisions regarding their own health and the wellbeing of their family or...

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I’m an agnostic. (Don’t ask me why.)

Last month I posted the following Facebook status. I’m an agnostic. (Don’t ask me why.) I meant it mainly as a joke. Let me explain. An agnostic is someone who doesn’t know. So if you ask me why I’m an...

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diSsIMuLAtion

Where are the moderate Muslim voices condemning the violence? That’s what the likes of Fox News ask whenever masked terrorists shouting “Allahu Akbar” fire shots with automatic weapons killing swathes...

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The second greatest man who ever lived

See also Disposable Heroes.

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Salt is a four-letter word

[WARNING: This blog post contains lots of very strong language and is practically guaranteed to give offence to weak-minded prudes. Please proceed at your own risk.] The use–mention distinction is a...

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Whole lotta Larken

Larken Rose, author of The Most Dangerous Superstition, is my favourite anarchist thinker. Larken posted this on his Facebook page yesterday. It’s highly germane to my previous post damning the MSM so...

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