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The Cathedral And The Hivemind | Chateau Heartiste
https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2013/05/28/the-cathedral-and-the-hivemind
Diversity Proximity = War: The Reference List. The Sixteen Commandments Of Poon. Beta Of The Year Contest Submissions. Dating Market Value Test For Men. Dating Market Value Test For Women. Laquo; The Perfect Alpha Male Online Dating Profile. The Pill And Divorce: The Real Connection. The Cathedral And The Hivemind. May 28, 2013 by CH. As many CH readers are already acquainted, the term Cathedral was coined by a Mr. M.M. Having shared my time with what aggrieved readers would refer to as heirs of the hono...
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Extremism In Thought Experiment Is No Vice | Slate Star Codex
http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/03/26/high-energy-ethics
Open threads at the Open Thread tab every Sunday and Wednesday. Extremism In Thought Experiment Is No Vice. March 26, 2015. Content warning: description of fictional rape and torture.]. Phil Robertson is being criticized for a thought experiment in which an atheist’s family is raped and murdered. On a talk show, he accused atheists of believing that there was no such thing as objective right or wrong, then continued:. Isn’t it great that there’s nothing wrong with this? Raping atheists, and there are the...
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The Control Group Is Out Of Control | Slate Star Codex
http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/04/28/the-control-group-is-out-of-control
Open threads at the Open Thread tab every Sunday and Wednesday. The Control Group Is Out Of Control. April 28, 2014. Allan Crossman calls parapsychology the control group for science. That is, in let’s say a drug testing experiment, you give some people the drug and they recover. That doesn’t tell you much until you give some other people who are taking a placebo drug you know. Doesn’t work – but which they themselves believe in – and see how many of them. Trying to set up placebo science would be a logi...
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Conflict | Bloody shovel
https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/conflict
We shall drown, and nobody will save us. On April 10, 2013. Nick Land yesterday said I was “conflicted”. I guess I am. Running into writer’s block perhaps. When you pursue a line of thought long enough you tend to lose track of where you’re going, and end up reaching conclusions you won’t necessarily agree with if you actually started thinking about it from scratch. I do generally like to keep things simple, so let’s reboot and try to start again. Why are we reactionaries? 5 Aesthetic taste has collapsed.
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The Categories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories | Slate Star Codex
http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-made-for-man-not-man-for-the-categories
Open threads at the Open Thread tab every Sunday and Wednesday. The Categories Were Made For Man, Not Man For The Categories. November 21, 2014. 8220;Silliest internet atheist argument” is a hotly contested title, but I have a special place in my heart for the people who occasionally try to prove Biblical fallibility by pointing out whales are not a type of fish. This is going to end up being a metaphor for something, so bear with me). I’m not making the weak and boring claim that since they’...Suppose y...
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Omelas State University – Whatever
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A Brief Biography of John Scalzi. Availability for Interviews, Appearances, Writing Work and Optioning Existing Work. Books and Other Projects by John Scalzi. Guidelines for Publicity, Blurbing, Unpublished Work, Retweets, Guest Blogging, Charitable Solicitations, Autographing, Educational Use and School Assignments. Site Disclaimer and Comment Policy. The Canonical Bacon Page. The Scalzi Creative Sampler. A WORLD OF NEVERENDING HAPPINESS. November 10, 2011. November 12, 2011. Alert your own superiors, c).
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Eisenhower | Foseti
https://foseti.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/eisenhower
Some overly terse writing by your humble blogger appears to have kicked-off a bit of a ruckus. In the comments. I will try to explain myself more eloquently. Even the conservative movement spent much of this time period appeasing the communists. Even stranger, this is considered an achievement by conservatives). Vladimir sums up this idea nicely in the comments:. I tried to illustrate this point in a post last week. Controlled foreign policy. Lamont actually negotiated many of the international agree...
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SSC Gives A Graduation Speech | Slate Star Codex
http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/05/23/ssc-gives-a-graduation-speech
Open threads at the Open Thread tab every Sunday and Wednesday. SSC Gives A Graduation Speech. May 23, 2014. Trigger warning for deliberately provoking horror about graduates’ real-world post-college prospects]. Epistemic status: intended as persuasive speech, may somewhat overstate case]. Ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to have been invited to speak here at the great University of [mumble]. Go Wildcats, Spartans, or Eagles, as the case may be! Well, I come here before you to explain that there is now...
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Post-Libertarianism Is A State Of Mind, or How To Spot A Reactionary Libertarian | cathedral, whatever
https://cathedralwhatever.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/post-libertarianism-is-a-state-of-mind-or-how-to-spot-a-reactionary-libertarian
Politically schizophrenic leftish anarcha-feminist flirts with the dark enlightenment. Post-Libertarianism Is A State Of Mind, or How To Spot A Reactionary Libertarian. July 31, 2014. July 31, 2014. But much has changed in the past six months. however, upon extensive reflection, it’s hard to pinpoint to any hard policy changes of mind as having followed from this reactionish turn. At this point, I basically favor a Murray-style guaranteed basic income. Nah is it better than the alternatives? Litmus test ...
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Lee Kuan Yew drains your brains for short term gain | Bloody shovel
https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/lee-kuan-yew-drains-your-brains-for-short-term-gain
We shall drown, and nobody will save us. Lee Kuan Yew drains your brains for short term gain. On March 26, 2013. Et tu, Harry? The paper, which projects 6.9 million people by 2030, charts the country’s strategies in managing a shrinking and ageing population. A question on Japan’s ageing society during the dialogue triggered the discussion. Mr Lee noted how Japan refused to take in migrants and that led to the situation it is facing today. He added Singapore is in a similar position with its low total fe...
