That is all i need to know to assess who you are.

G. E. Moore and morality without God.

From the article:

In Principia Ethica (1903), Moore asked that question about morality itself. His answer was that ‘good’ can’t be defined or proved. We simply recognise it, the way we recognise a colour. So no church or holy book could tell you what was good: you had to look and judge for yours…

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Its arguably a violation of both the establishment and free exercise clause. It is ahistorical in an environment that is designed for free inquiry and facts. Ok ideally it is for free inquiry notwithstanding its…[Read more]

The measles outbreak in Pennsylvania is making the Amish more open to vaccines  and the Jehovah’s Witness rules on blood transfusions have changed, but it’s too late for ma…[Read more]

I should add another proviso to my words on trade: As long as both parties are willing and value commerce and it’s fruits equally, then commerce can break down bigotry and prejudice.

Some indeed are so blinded by these irrationalities, they sabotage their own economic and material well-being.

But for the rest of us with better sense,…[Read more]

I don’t know that woman Enco but how F’ing stupid to ask Maga heads to stay away from ethnic restaurants. Can you imagine the owners turning back customers cuz of their political orientation?

Because she supports segregation and discrimination in the name of some warped Wokeist worldview that requires retribution today for past inj…[Read more]

Well now that i think about it there are vids of Zionists being refused service but that is a small block of business unless it is Chinese food…

Heidi from Deconstructing Holy is definitely no Skeletor and reveals some hopeful trendlines against Christian Nationalism gaining a hold on the U.S.A.:

And they say Sloth is a sin! It might be what saves our Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness!
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She also…[Read more]

Jennifer Welch a.k.a. Ms. Skeletor De Gauche (Separated At Birth or just a Shared Plastic Surgeon?) is already an Ex-Evangelical Unbeliever, but she fills the “God-Shaped Hole” with a God Complex and Leftist Kinder, Gentler Bigotry:

Paying enough people to shut up…[Read more]

Not only has Ms. Skelator De Droit Laura Loomer rethought Russia’s against Ukraine, but she may have became one of us. Somebody make a Joan Osbourne parody!:

Here is Mike and the Bots from Mystery Science Theater 3000 doing a Gaelic-flavored tribute to Kathy Ireland, as well as demonstrating the show’s sexual and gender ambiguity. Crow I think was also mixing his Irish and German there:

If i had to vote now i don’t know what i would do.

The lefties v the Magas. Jesus mary Joseph and the donkey!

Now that the Lefties have won, we need to let them know that we know what they stand for, inform others what they stand for, and proclaim to all that after MAGA, the DSA and Islamists are next in line for defeat.

I’m soooo glad I was proven wrong!

I want to learn more Spanish, and thank every Hispanic I meet.

Proven wrong on what?

And thank Hispanics for what?

I want to learn more Spanish, and thank every Hispanic I meet.

Also, after the housecleaning, fumigation, and bug extermination, there would be bidding for apartment suites, plus slots for medical facilities;

specialty shops–including Samizdat and Blasphemous Bookstores and The Singapore Chewing Gum and Confectionry;
Restaurants–featuring The Bug-Free and Happy Grill and Everything GMO;

Bars for…[Read more]

The only additional staff needed in the United Nations building are movers, custodial staff, and construction refurbishers, for the day that U.S. wises up and evicts and deports the U.N. out and we trash our membership credentials.

I ‘m sure the Israelis have able contractors more than willing to join in this task.😁

No double standards.

No higher standards.

Blind scales of justice. They just hate Zionists!

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-913996

The idea of a cross-societal study of norms is a great idea worth studying. The PDF had the rightmost side of the pages chopped off, but once that is corrected, it might be a good read. (My own struggles with PDFs thoroughly leaves a bad taste in my mouth for the format.)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378138739_Moral_universals_A_machine-reading_analysis_of_256_societies

I know of someone who got a grant from Toyota to do evolutionary ethics.

Hmmm…Interesting. Did it involve study of a large sampling of people with an experimental group and a control group? A survey with unloaded questions? Did it let the evidence guide the conclusion rather than vice-versa?

TheEncogitationer wrote:
True, but do they get scientific grants from labs, either corporate or governmental, for their speculations, however interesting they may be?

I knew of someone who got a grant from Toyota to do evolutionary ethics.

There are people who are paid to do this kind of thing – professional philosophers. I think most of them are professors at universities and therefore are required to teach as well.

True, but do they get scientific grants from labs, either corporate or governmental, for their speculations, however interesting they may be?

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Even the most generous bankroller of Science has to have priorities.

If the Thomas Nagels of the world want to be a Furrie, a Smoothie, a Scaleie, an Exoskelie, or a Membraneie and then navel-gaze over it, that’s their own business, but that may have to be on their own time and Dime.

There are people who are paid to do t…[Read more]

Actually, thinking about this again, humans who could be another species and who could communicate to other humans about the experience could do many useful things.

It could give greater insights on diseases that cross species, similarities between biological functions of our species and other species, give further substantiation for…[Read more]

I disagree, you never know when something might turn out to be valuable. There’s a whole picture of reality to be painted, and it needs all the pieces in place.

All this is true, but when there are problems like:

*Chronic, degenerative diseases and conditions on top of resurgent infection diseases keeping humans from living longer, h…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Being a bee while being a bee, being a bat while being a bat, and being a flying squirrel while being a flying squirrel do not fit in the budget.🐝🦇🐿️💲

I disagree, you never know when something might turn out to be valuable.  There’s a whole picture of reality to be painted, and it needs all the pieces in…

A reminder that the Left and the Islamists stand weighed the balance as much as MAGA:

Election 2026: Lessons for Liberty
Voters punished failed leadership. More government isn’t the answer.
https://vanceginn.substack.com/p/election-2026-lessons-for-liberty

Trump ally suffers an epic ‘meltdown’ after GOP midterm destruction: ‘Our country is over’
By:
David McAfee
Nov 04, 2026
8:43AM ET
https://www.rawstory.com/laura-loomer-2678241160/

Ms. Skelator de Droit is right about something:

“God isn’t going to save you from Islam,” she wrote. “People need to stop using religion as a co…

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More Meh! 🤷🏻‍♂️

Elon Musk sulks after blowing $400 million on GOP midterm wipeout
By:
Travis Gettys
Nov 04, 2026
8:12AM ET
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-wipeout-new-report/

Meh! 🤷🏻‍♂️

‘Losing it while hate-watching Fox’: Trump’s Election Night spiral begins early
By:
Matthew Chapman
Nov 03, 2026
7:59PM ET
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2678217536/

Another thing about Questions: Tucker Carlson and others like him are not “Just asking questions.”. Rather, they are mispunctuating statements with a question mark. Also, they have a bad habit of turning people into questions. None of that fits in the budget either.

The most important thing a scientific institution can fund is the freedom to investigate a question whose importance nobody yet understands.

For the funding, though, it should at least deliver understanding for the importance of the question, and ideally as an added bonus, the answer for the question.

Being a bee while being a…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
The most important thing a scientific institution can fund is the freedom to investigate a question whose importance nobody yet understands.

Trump seems to want to stuff “free enquiry” into some kind of box, but I can’t work out what kind.  I think he wants to make science come up with more answers.  I don’t think t…[Read more]

We shouldn’t reason with the Religious Right.

Drew McCoy a.k.a. Genetically-Modified Skeptic is correct that the way we have engaged with religion and the Religious Right in particular, has not been effective in getting people that least re-think religion.

For one thing, we need Science Influencers and Educators who aren’t squeamish a…[Read more]

I meant “Orifrice” not “Office,” though Trump’s Oval Office could also be full of very full orifices.

I wonder if all this talk brought out our latest member updating a profile? Hmmm…Perhaps I should keep my orifice shut on orifices and see what happens. For the record, I’m not interested in a trip all the way to Manila.

Some great news in the midst of an otherwise insane world: Bobby Brainworm’s Danish allies’ attempt to discredit the Hepatitis B vaccine with a Tuskeegee-type placebo clinical Trial has been closed down by Guinea-Bissau health authorities…for now at least:

Cops raid office of RFK Jr. allies planning “unethical” vac…[Read more]

Pew Research: Reports of God’s Resurrection have been greatly exaggerated

I don’t know what to make of any of these polls.

One example: Every month The Drudge Report links an article about Trump’s polls, it has him at a consistent 30 Percent approval, even through his latest tariffs, his latest “enrichment” scheme, his latest breach of t…[Read more]

Is Nicki Minaj’s ass going to be the next speaker of alternative facts? Maybe I misheard…..

It will be whenever it distracts Trump from his sausage fest…But of course, it’s not polite to speak when one’s office is full.

Kentucky man becomes the first humanist granted religious exemption from AI.

Doesn’t this just continue Religion Privilege but merely expand Religion to include any pursuit that involves “being a moral actor,”. like maybe “I believe I’ll have another drink?”

Shouldn’t a Humanist position on AI be that it’s use should further human…[Read more]

Wow! Jesus-facing with a glam get-up and an all-male entourage! I bet The Nekkid Orange Emperor Nero–er–Trump would give them guys a gandering glance if they cruised around his golf course in Ireland!