Originally posted on Vox Nova. A devout Catholic who has never been a fan of consumerism, she was not going to let my negligence make any of us forget the reason for the season.

Human nature is such that every human enterprise is broken and in need of a proper caution if not skepticism. Sunday, March 11, 2018. Nixing the pick of the litter. Blood and Flag bleed into each other. As stars fall from the sky. Lying to us with ties. Which bind far too easily. Sunday, February 18, 2018.

Thinking inside boxes everyone wants me to think outside of. The problem with probabililities without models. Scott Alexander writes in defense of probabilities without models. I denied the possibility of this before. OK, so how do probabilities behave? .

Commenting on Spaceflight, History, Religion, Baseball, and Other Assorted Issues. Cecraft, Electronics, and the Forces Which Changed Them. All of this suggests that L. Slaveholders Came in All Shapes, Creeds, and .

A blog about philosophy and other things. With a bit of reorientation towards that knowledge.

Yes, I am a Californian, and I voted for Bernie in the primary. I, who in the past considered not voting because after all, does it really make a difference? I, who never before in my adult life gave to a political campaign, never even considered myself political or believed in the integrity of a candidate, gave to, and believed in, Bernie Sanders and his campaign.