Four Cents 004 is a chat about the fears people have when confronting ideas contrary to their own, and also the meaning and importance of skepticism. Listen to Four Cents 004 (0h24m, mp3, 128kbps)Contact Email a comment or question to everythingvoluntary @ gmail.com.Record up to a 3 minute comment or question by calling 385-313-0565. Subscribe…
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Remembering My Dad, Spooner Quote #6, Logic Fallacy #13
Send him mail. “Finding the Challenges” is an original column appearing every other Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Verbal Vol. Verbal is a software engineer, college professor, corporate information officer, life long student, farmer, libertarian, literarian, student of computer science and self-ordering phenomena. Archived columns can be found here. FTC-only RSS feed available here. In this…
How to Promote Liberty
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. We voluntaryists have a problem. We value liberty and hate the state. We want to see the former grow and the…
Monkeys with Keyboards, Seven Habits, Fallacy #7
Send him mail. “Finding the Challenges” is an original column appearing every other Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Verbal Vol. Verbal is a software engineer, college professor, corporate information officer, life long student, farmer, libertarian, literarian, student of computer science and self-ordering phenomena. Archived columns can be found here. FTC-only RSS feed available here. The purpose…
Remaining Unconvinced
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. In a January 2014 column titled “Down with Conviction!” I argued that if one is committed to the pursuit of…
Humility and Skepticism
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. It’s easy to fall into the mental trap known as “confirmation bias.” This trap is sprung when you put more…
Rock-Paper-Scissors
At some point early in my childhood I was introduced to the game of “rock-paper-scissors.” In this classic hand game of what beats what we are told that rock smashes scissors, scissors cut paper, and paper covers rock. Even as a child I found this logic wanting. Yes, scissors definitely cut paper, and yes, rock…
My Shifting Vistas
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original bi-weekly column appearing every other Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. One’s worldview as it concerns the political landscape shapes one’s angle of skepticism. Claims by governments and political leaders…
Unsanctimonious Unschooling
Send her mail. “Living with Wild Abandon” is an original bi-weekly column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Breezy V. Stevens. Breezy is a long-time radical unschooler, an advocate for children’s rights, a crazy dog lady, a crafter in various mediums, a lover of all things tropical and beachy, and the designer of “EVC…
Why I’m Not a Pessimist
Writes T. K. Coleman: For me, optimism is somewhat of a default position. It’s what’s left over when I add up everything I know and subtract it from the indefinite potentiality of what is. In other words, I just can’t imagine ever knowing enough to be a pessimist. To be honest, I don’t even know…