Fortean Curiosity: Liberalism & Intelligence

I was hanging out with a friend and chatting about important issues of life… such as the existence of Men In Black and the nature of Fortean realities. Ya know, important issues. My friend mentioned an author he had come across who described his own supposed experiences with Men In Black. He portrayed them as being [...]

Re: Education research exposes the theory of multiple intelligences as singularly stupid

The following is my response to Education research exposes the theory of multiple intelligences as singularly stupid by Matt Cardin. — — — — — I would separate the theory of different intelligences from the theory of different learning styles.I think they aren’t necessarily referring to the exact same thing. Also, conflating them probably isn’t helpful. [...]

Re: How to Lose Readers (Without Even Trying)

Sam Harris has an awesome post in response to the anti-tax anti-statists (who often seem to be anti-humanists, especially the Randian types). There was a particular part that caught my attention (emphasis is mine): “And lurking at the bottom of this morass one finds flagrantly irrational ideas about the human condition. Many of my critics pretend that [...]

Illusions: Asymmetric Insight & False Equivalency

The following is my response to this article: http://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/08/21/the-illusion-of-asymmetric-insight/#more-1369 The article covers a lot. The example of the boys didn’t surprise me. Forming groups is normal and predictable behavior. The mask issue intrigues me more. I’m not sure what to think about it. I know I have various masks, but I don’t like masks in [...]

Traditional Conservative vs Right-wing: an example

This is a distinction that has fascinated me lately. I first thought about it when I read Henry Fairlie’s description of a traditional conservative in Britain. I realized that his view of a traditional conservative is what many right-wingers would call a ‘liberal’ or even a ‘socialist’. Here is the example I just noticed (from [...]

Obama: Secret Commie Seeking to Destroy America

What Happened to Obama? Absolutely Nothing. He is still the same anti-American leftist he was before becoming our president. By Norman Podhoretz  “Of course, unlike Mr. Westen, we villainous conservatives do not see Mr. Obama as conciliatory or as “a president who either does not know what he believes or is willing to take whatever [...]

US: Republic & Democracy (pt 3)

I’ve been having further ‘debate’ with the “Not a Democracy” Gnomes. And I happened to come across some new material that brings light to the issue. So, I’ve returned to the subject with this third post in the series (see the first and second posts to understand the fuller context of my thoughts).  — — — In this post, [...]

Average Right-Libertarians Support Direct Democracy?

I was debating a Ron Paul libertarian. It made me realize something I hadn’t realized before. Many right-libertarians will criticize democracy. They claim it’s mobocracy: two wolves and a sheep deciding on what is for dinner. I’ve often pointed out that conservatives and right-wingers have little understanding of democracy. They just present strawman caricatures and repeat [...]

Simple Economic Truths

There is no capital without labor. There is no land value without community. “Capital in the form of money is invested in capital in the form of raw materials and tools and labor-power, which is transformed – by the squeezing of actual labor out of the labor-power of the workers — into capital in the form of the commodities [...]

Dylan Ratigan’s Epic Rant On Political Corruption

Oh God, I just had an orgasm watching Dylan Ratigan speak the truth.