This Week in MAGA #75: WarGames Incompetence
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
The Exorcism of Demons That Aren’t There
A couple of months back representatives of the International Association of Exorcists (AIE) asked Pope Leo XIV to ensure that every Catholic diocese worldwide has “one or more” trained exorcists. There is one small issue here, demons are not real, so why would they propose this? Let’s briefly turn to the media article reporting this … Read more
This Week in MAGA #74: Multiple layers of Corruption
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
No, Claude Is Not Conscious: Dawkins, AI, and the Train Illusion
In 1895 the Lumière brothers shot a 50-second silent documentary. It famously captured a steam locomotive pulling into a station. Titled “L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat“, it was first shown to the public in January 1896 in Lyon. A rather popular story is that when the film was first shown, the audience was … Read more
This Week in MAGA #73: The Great Leap Backwards
Here is this week’s selection of the fools from the past week. It emanates from a blend of religious Fundamentalism with right-wing politics
Why Do Smart People Believe Weird Conspiracy Theories?
How do you decide what is real? Sitting between your ears is one of the most powerful pattern-seeking engines evolution ever produced. It is astonishingly useful. It is also sometimes hilariously wrong. One example of this is encapsulated by just one word – Pareidolia. This is where you see something that you know is not … Read more