Tag Archives: appeal to authority

Faction And Fallacy

Posted on November 17, 2024 by john

Dear friends, It seems to me, the fallacy the progressive faction falls for is, the fallacy of popularity and its opposite, the fallacy of unpopularity. Both are a form of the appeal to authority fallacy. While conservative factions tend to … Continue reading →

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Limericks

Posted on October 24, 2024 by john

Dear Friends, Banning jokes is so very cool, Censorship is the oligarch’s tool, Covering lies, With alibis, Since the truth would make them a fool. We knew this would happen since it’s rote, Due to the bridge damage … Continue reading →

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The Science Says

Posted on October 6, 2024 by john

Dear friends, It seems to me, a statement isn’t, “the science,” simply because an expert said it, statements only become science when they’re empirically proven, the data published and is repeated. Experts are supposed to know what the empirically proven … Continue reading →

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Censorship Is A Malignant Appeal To Authority

Posted on July 31, 2024 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, either all offensive language must be censored, else no offensive language be censored. Why no middle ground? The politically favored claim the authority to censor. They choose what offensive language is allowed and what … Continue reading →

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The Groupist Individualist Dichotomy

Posted on October 16, 2022 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, all philosophies that have as a premise, that human beings are anything less than human beings, is evil and should be exposed as such. What do I mean by that? A Human being is … Continue reading →

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Humility Tempers Presumption

Posted on July 15, 2022 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, a quality our elite lack, and therefore we also lack, is humility. Which makes them and us fragile. The expert class forges the path. Why should an expert have humility? Its not like they … Continue reading →

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How Much Power Is Enough?

Posted on June 8, 2022 by john

Dear Friends, It seems a self evident fact to me… some people have more power to effect the course of humanity than others. Those people just met in Washington DC to connive their next move. In that they begrudge us … Continue reading →

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What Is Science Really?

Posted on May 1, 2022 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, it is the antithesis of science, to ostracize a doctor for being a whistle blower. In fact it is anti science. If the term science means anything, it is the rational, unbiased examination into … Continue reading →

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The Public Lie

Posted on April 29, 2022 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, when a known liar claims we cannot allow just anyone to speak, what they are really saying is, they cannot allow anyone to make their lies public. Because nothing upsets a liar, like Obama, … Continue reading →

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The Echo Chamber of Authority

Posted on November 18, 2020 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, we have returned to appeal to authority, exchanging the human hearted authority of God… for the cold hearted authority of scientists, despots and bureaucrats. Just as the clergy of old seldom reflected the actual … Continue reading →

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