The Importance of Connecting With Hatred
Because without finding it in yourself, you'll have a hard time recognizing it in others. In a recent blog post, Vox Day concluded that "[SJWs] understand your love as poorly…
Algorithmic Dehumanization
John and Mary didn't speak to each other as they drove home from the store. The icy silence wasn't animosity -- at least, not with each other. But it almost…
Does the First Amendment Distinguish Between Religious and Personal Beliefs?
In his introduction of vaccine-mandates among education staff last week, my state governor made an interesting distinction between kinds of disagreement one might have with the mandate -- one which…
Shaming the Shamers
Here's a question: Does shaming work? It seems propitious that I wrote about obesity and a certain virus prior to this story about an Olympic paintball player being kicked off…
Against Science
I think it is beyond time to criticize something directly which has been -- to my knowledge -- attacked so far only indirectly. That something is "science." Science has become…
Simulation Theory as Symptom
Theologians often warn that in the absence of God, alternative deities will inevitably swoop in to fill in the void. Humans, they say, need something to worship. Perhaps more than…
The Burn Pits
I stand among the burn-pitsSurrounded by their lightBuilt to test the universeThey glower day and night I stand among the burn pitsThe court that tries by fireWhere nothing is exempt…
Beauty in the Light of the Sun
I have a new essay up over at Jack Donovan's new project PH2T3R: To be beautiful is to be perceived.Beauty is to experience the emotions of reverence, wonder, and love…
Against Common Sense
I have been looking for a term to describe words which have universal emotional association but wildly divergent denotations. So far, the best I have come up with is "ambiguities,"…
A Working Definition of “Greed”
After messing around in the crypto-trading world for a few weeks, I've begun to emotionally grasp the truth behind the phrase "scared money don't make money." One of the more…