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Tag Archives: against the grain
when experts go bad
When advocates of certain ideas call for censorship, for violence, when they do not release data, marginalized their opponents, engage in red herrings, or subject their opponents to ad hominem attacks, refuse to engage in debates or bets, these are tell take signs that they are intellectual fascists. Their work should be instantly suspect, and the burden of proof should be theirs. Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Human Nature
Tagged against the grain, control freaks, drugs, government, pseudoscience
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channel your inner Szasz
The basic premise is that there are large incentives for doctors and psychologists to label things as diseases, although there is a surprising lack of clinical evidence that can test for these diseases. Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged against the grain, disease, health care, mental illness, pseudoscience
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the absurdity of Intellectual Property
Copyright is a huge fraud. It is extremely arbitrary and extremely oppressive. Contrary to Copyright claims, Jesus said “is it not [Biblically] lawful for me to do what I want with what I own?” In other words, if I have a hard drive, can I not arrange the 1s and 0s however I wish? Copyright strips people of ownership rights. Continue reading
Intellectual Property in ancient Greece
The government is always there to create special privileges out of thin air for those who do not want to compete in a free market. Continue reading
Posted in Economics, History
Tagged against the grain, copyright, historical revision, intellectual property
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most asinine quote of the day
“When someone thinks that they, on their own, can decide that somehow the government is tyrannical and that they can start a revolution, start a civil war, then we’re not following the process that our founding fathers set up.”
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on speaking without voting
“If one did not perform an utterly meaningless and symbolic gesture that saps gross amounts of personal time then one no longer should be able to engage in the God given right to free speech.” Continue reading
cargo cult of education
“you have created a supply of skills where there is no demand for skills. And so the skills go to waste – with, say, highly educated taxi drivers.” Continue reading
in defense of drunk driving
It is not about saving lives; it never is. As Steve Lansburg would point out, the lesson is never about tooth brushing it is about authority. Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Goverment, Human Nature, Theonomy
Tagged against the grain, control freaks
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reality is not optional 