If you can’t archate and remain a good person, and cops have to archate to keep their “job”, then cops who continue to be cops can’t be good people.
Tag: logic
Words Poorly Used #112 — Condolences
There is no right thing to say to the survivors of a loved one killed in military circumstances. It is a set of circumstances that have no logical foundation. It is a place arrived at through a series of forced choices.
Left and Right are Bad, Left is Much Worse
I’m finding that many moderates, libertarians and independents have lost perspective on left/right cultural dynamics. I think, sometimes, their desire to not take sides (good for them), has made them equate both sides to being equal in effect and harm.
The Many Uses of Argumentation
The root of an idea a person has is generally going to shine through when you have a discussion and make strong arguments against their (main) points. When someone has intellectual integrity and likes to believe that they believe things due to reason and evidence … they will be put into a difficult position.
J. S. Mill’s Methods V
From Dictionary of Philosophy: Mill’s methods: Inductive methods formulated by John Stuart Mill for the discovery of causal relations between phenomena.
J. S. Mill’s Methods IV
From Dictionary of Philosophy: Mill’s methods: Inductive methods formulated by John Stuart Mill for the discovery of causal relations between phenomena.
Thoughts on Internal Values and Instincts
We all want someone who we share values with, and is funny and we can share a good time with. However, I think people often get too clouded by problematic ways of thinking to understand there is something much deeper going on. We haven’t surpassed nature, we won’t, and we can’t.
J. S. Mill’s Methods III
Caution, critical thinking required. From Dictionary of Philosophy: Mill’s methods: Inductive methods formulated by John Stuart Mill for the discovery of causal relations between phenomena.
Want to Be a Great Writer? These 5 Things Will Get You There
Here are five tips that can help you make your writing process less complex and terrifying, find joy in it, and become a great writer eventually.
WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird, by Peter Leeson
As far as content, the book combines eight real world behaviors that make you say “WTF?!”, derived from Leeson’s research and published papers. Everything from shaking a poisoned chicken to settle a slight, to convicting insects and rodents of crimes in a court of law are examined, revealing sensible, even brilliant logic.