It’s like taking science advice from a person who has been convinced (or, who’s decided to “believe”) that the Earth is flat. It makes no sense to pretend they are credible in this particular arena.
Tag: science
Mother’s Day Poem: Ode to the Inner Woman in Every Mother
And now I take your hand – I lead you to a better land – Let’s get outta here, – I say Let’s run and play – Because as I became mother – I let go of another – I let go of Me
The Debate Over Taxation Cannot Be Value-Free
When anyone calls for a new tax or a tax increase, what that person wants is for government personnel to threaten force against anyone who fails to surrender his or her money to the state. But almost no one speaks in those terms. If tax advocates did that, their rhetoric at least would be honest (and only in that sense noble.) Instead, such people engage in base rhetoric.
Philosophy of Voluntaryism 003 – The Unintended Consequences of Taxation (60m)
Philosophy of Voluntaryism 003 is a look at taxation, by Danilo Cuellar and Jim Limber Davis. “The unintended consequences of taxation are nearly infinite. What doesn’t have to be is our nescience about them. By understanding wealth, how it is created, and what its purpose is we can break down the idea of taxation and show the world what it really is: a practice befitting a less civilized, intelligent, and courageous period of humanity’s history.”
Episode 070 – Lysander Spooner on Law, Justice, Rights, Liberty, and Society, Part One (53m)
Episode 070 is the first part of a conversation on 19th century individualist Lysander Spooner’s approach to natural law, natural justice, natural rights, natural liberty, and natural society.
Does the Pope Advocate the Initiation of Violence?
The Pope is either a despicable liar or a complete ignoramus. Or possibly both. (How’s that for a gentle opening statement?) If you think that’s a tad harsh, read on.
Words Poorly Used #84 — Scientist
Once again we’ve see this too-broad-by-multiples word, scientist, asked to carry far more straw than would break a camel’s back. If we look at its etymology, we can see the truth that it was not meant to tote all the baggage attached to it today.
You Are Your Own Worst Critic
Over the past forty years of striving to make computers do what I want, I have gained a few hard-won truths. One is that we can be very poor critics of own ideas. We love those ideas; we poured our own blood, sweat and tears into them. Of course they must be right; of course the computer must have misunderstood what we intended to happen.
Science March III
Why wouldn’t economists march for science? Why do science supporters believe they must insist that economics is a pseudoscience to validate that the so-called hard sciences are precise or predictive. Neither of these are the objectives of science.
Science March II
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.