Praxgirl, Part V
On the Rationality of Human Action:
The McGurk Effect
I know I posted this before, but….
BAA BAA BAA! BAA BAA BAA! FAA FAA FAA! FAA FAA FAA!
Sunday Song
Kinda funny. Never heard the song though…
Miles Fisher – New Romance
New Romance – Miles Fisher from Miles Fisher on Vimeo.
Where Is the Anti-War Left?
From Reason Magazine: The Obama administration is on pace to have more American soldiers killed in casualties related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan than the George W. Bush administration did in its first term. Already, hundreds more American troops have been killed in Afghanistan during the less than three years of the Obama…
DetailsThe Revolt in America…
may never come, or at least if it does, it will come as Britain’s did: for all the wrong reasons. Here are a few reasons why, according to an interesting systemic analysis: 1. Student-Loan Debt. Large debt—and the fear it creates—is a pacifying force. 2. Psychopathologizing and Medicating Noncompliance. 3. Schools That Educate for Compliance…
DetailsThe Spoiled Generation
The IQ of a mob is the IQ of its dumbest member divided by the number of mobsters. – Terry Pratchett The IQ of this mob seems to be lower than usual: The problem with this type of thinking (“We will destroy and steal your stuff unless you give us benefits.”) is that there is…
DetailsSocial Media Letdown
Since I finished law school, I have tried to be off Facebook except for short stints. It bothered me how much time I would spend online, and a change was needed. Looks like there is another reason to stay off these days: Maybe instead of cutting back totally, I should use online time as an…
DetailsFascism – What It Is & What It Isn’t
Over at RogueOperator, there is another defense that every conservative should know. Frank Chodorov caveat: “As for me, I will punch anyone who calls me a conservative in the nose. I am a radical.” Still, sometimes I have the urge to defend conservativism, which at least pays lip service to free markets, freedom, and small…
DetailsWe’re All Statists Now…
I don’t love John Stewart, but sometimes he gets the talking heads good:
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Brainspill – Keynesianism, Time Preference, & Morality
I have a few semi-disconnected thoughts that have been stirring around in my head that I have alluded to in past post and have arisen as a response to Democracy: The God that Failed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. This book is unspeakably important, but more on that in a bit… Generally, Democrats/Leftists who know anything about…
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