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Financial Times claims that there is a coming boom in honesty

Given that political correctness is organized lying (usually for control and profit), a boom in political incorrectness is a boom in honesty.

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Fun! Political correctness forces creationism on Australian university

Make no mistake; the people who want their concepts taught also want to take over the positions of the teachers. Let’s just say, a whole new world awaits. And it will not be Darwin’s world. How odd an outcome of the Darwin wars.

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J. R. Miller on the SJWs

Further to “Social justice warriors turn their sights on evo psych prof,” J. R. Miller has some thoughts on the SJWs at More Than Cake: About Reprogrammed: Every Thursday at 11:00 Pacific, former SJW Keri Smith joins Unsafe Space to co-host “Deprogrammed.” We’ll explore the philosophy, strategy, and tactics that Marxist and postmodern nihilists use Read More…

bornagain77 Evolutionary biology, via eugenics, is, and has been, far more discriminatory against disabled people than, supposedly, just discouraging "disabled people... – And another thing: Evolutionary biology is...
Origenes PM1 @107 Ori: Is Gödel’s “proposition that can neither be proved nor disproved” identical to the axiom that is “accepted... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus Origenes, actually, the Agrippa trilemma is solvable once we see there are self evident propositions, on the reasons side, and... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
PyrrhoManiac1 @105 Is Gödel’s “proposition that can neither be proved nor disproved” identical to the axiom that is “accepted as having... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Origenes KF @ ... one has to lie to oneself to pretend that Jews, Slavs, Gypsies or Subsaharan africans are not... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Origenes KF @101 It is an open question whether the principle of sufficient reason can be applied to axioms within a... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
martin_r In 21st century, only very irrational, dishonest and corrupt people can deny that "the universe point to a Creator". The... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
kairosfocus Origenes, one has to lie to oneself to pretend that Jews, Slavs, Gypsies or Subsaharan africans are not human; our... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Origenes Sandy, KF @ KF: moral principles are built in and attested to by conscience. Sandy: Only if you have the... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
bornagain77 FP states, Given the fact that it is well known that people with serious diseases or addictions, often “become” religious.... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
BobRyan Anyone who has honest inquiry about the universe must come to the same conclusion Oberg did, which was the same... – Harvard Astronomer: The wonders of the...
kairosfocus F/N: Wikipedia on PSR: The principle has a variety of expressions, all of which are perhaps best summarized by the... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
kairosfocus Sandy, while it is true that harmful worldviews can damage our ability to think straight about right and wrong, there... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Ford Prefect I am slowly working my way through the above mentioned video. At about the 30 minute mark he made the... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
Ford Prefect OT, but I think this might be of interest to some here. I lived with the guy being interviewed while... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
StephenB Origenes:According to Aquinas and you, every aspect of Ted Bundy, including his purported ‘free will’ is made by God. No... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
Sandy Kairosfocus Sandy, moral principles are built in and attested to by conscience. Only if you have the right frame of... – L&FP, 64: The challenge of self-referentiality...
relatd Origenes at 177, God sees all and knows all. He knows, before it happens, who will do wrong and who... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
Origenes Relatd @176 Like you, I am a theist who cannot imagine being wrong about it. However, Aquinas argues for a... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
relatd Origenes at 175, Where does Aquinas say that? God creates souls and men, however, He gave us free will. The... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....
Origenes StephenB @172 ... there is only ONE ARCHITECT of Ted Bundy’s choices and that would be Ted Bundy. He is,... – Aquinas, Ockham, and Descartes about God....