What good is science if it doesn’t take its place among the arts? Science has become an enemy to both the ignorant and those knowledgeable enough to know that it takes more than science? Art has its root meaning in making do.
Author: Kilgore Forelle
Science March
A car goes with specific inputs. Economy goes with many more inputs, but less specific. It is no less a science than physics and chemistry. These sciences are interdependent.
Words Poorly Used #83 — Pseudo, Quasi, Para, Alternative
These are four very subtle word parts — either prefixes or modifiers. Let’s look at each, then we’ll look at the lizards’ thicket in which they thrive.
Will Grigg, RIP
It was with the greatest sadness that I read Sheldon Richman’s farewell to Will Grigg this morning. I, as with Sheldon, had never personally met Will, but the world of voluntaryists and I have lost a great friend. He has left a legacy, though.
Cognitive Bias #2 — Bandwagon Effect
Just this past Friday, we went to war with heavy reliance on the fact that we are susceptible to the bandwagon effect. We might also refer to this as “monkey see, monkey do” (while adding the cautionary “monkey get in trouble, too.”) We humans can’t seem to resist the spin and flash of a circus bandwagon.
Casus Belli II
When you encounter a war lover, ask them what is the worst human depravity. When they name one, point out that war creates more of what they detest, then ask them how they can support war knowing that is the case.
Casus Belli
Can there be a human more debased than one who makes excuses for war? By making such excuses one excuses every depravity–as these are part and parcel of war.
Words Poorly Used #82 — Process
Process overwhelms purpose. We wanted to live in a world free of crime, so we asked the state to make that guarantee, now we are guaranteed the abuses of crime and the abuses of the state. Substitute any antonym for a “public good” for which we have whored ourselves, and the statement holds.
Words Poorly Used #81 — Voluntarist/Voluntaryist
Dr. Higgs is right, our precious label is just another unmoored word. The word “voluntarist” was used in many contexts prior to Auberon Herbert’s selection of a variant, “voluntaryist,” as a label for his thoughts, and his thoughts differ critically from mainstream voluntaryism of today. Now what?
Words Poorly Used #80 — Preside
What does it mean “to preside?” The Online Etymology Dictionary says, among other things, that it comes from the Latin for “to sit in front of.” What a multitude of sins we have hidden behind that facade!