Monthly Archives: August 2014

-When a thing becomes ubiquitous in our environment, we become neurologically adapted to it, such that it becomes incredibly difficult to explicitly recognize it. Nevertheless, we expect it and nothing less. This is why people often don’t ‘get’ free market … Continue reading →

A curiosity I noticed during my run today- the overwhelming manifestation of ideological bias is focused on describing why bad things happen. And this seems to be independent of the particular ideology, which is why it’s such a neat insight. … Continue reading →

An aphorism I thought up the other day: Never trust a Christian’s logic or an agnostic’s intuition, and never trust an atheist, period. Doesn’t mean a Christian can’t be logical, but make them show their work.

(They don’t make bulldozers big enough.) The conclusion, aside from the pedestrian fact that black mobs are even less intelligent than average black individuals, is that the African culture has no real respect for the sanctity of life. Where are … Continue reading →

Courtesy Vault-Co, A home owner living in the Melikgazi district of Kayseri province in Anatolia made a surprising discovery while clearing out an area under his house – a subterranean city, of which 4,000 square metres have been excavated so … Continue reading →

Over at the Communications of the ACM, a new article — Computing’s Narrow Focus May Hinder Women’s Participation — suggests that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs should shoulder some of the blame for the dearth of women at Google, Facebook, … Continue reading →

Right now I’m getting beaten over the head with internet training on fair housing laws. Why yes, everybody’s protected, purely coincidence that all of the evil employees in the example videos are straight, clean-cut white men. Well, except for Chuck. … Continue reading →

1. Free trade, in its true, complete, and intellectually coherent form, is not limited to the free movement of goods, but includes the free movement of capital and labor as well. (The “invisible judicial line” doesn’t magically become visible when … Continue reading →

Good stuff, basically confirming what we already know. The first thing that jumps out at me is that this was not wild, amateurish shooting. Had it been, the distribution of bullet holes would have resembled an irregular blob. The near-linear … Continue reading →

Internet censorship is accelerating. I won’t spend time arguing the point, except to point out that all this recent concern about “trolls” and “indecency” is a bunch of bullshit. Even 4chan is going the way of the NYT- who at … Continue reading →