My previous editorial was meant to be the first step in taking this blog in a new direction. I thought that I was done addressing the subject of intellectual dishonesty, but as it turns out, I'm still getting stuff wrong myself. Rather than being free of the influence of ideological subversives, I'm still framing my…
The Fallacy of the Collective Good
Those who can get you to believe in absurdities can get you to commit atrocities, and every atrocity has been committed in the name of the greater good, for the greater good is nothing more than the alibi of tyrants. That sentence combines three great quotes regarding the fallacy of the greater good, and that…
Another Point About False Dichotomies: Reality Denial Knows no Ideological Bounds
What follows is my longest opinion piece yet. While I fully expect that anyone who is determined enough to read the whole thing will walk away feeling the need to drive their fist through their computer screen, I did not write such an inflammatory article unprovoked. America is the land of false dichotomies; "you are…
A Point or Two About Morality
I'm writing this on 5 December 2019, but I probably won't publish it right away. In fact, what follows may end up being the script for a BitChute video, only because I will, inevitably, have to have this discussion with someone. I have no intention of becoming an atheist vlogger, largely because every argument has…
The Problems with the Monomyth
Anyone who has taken a single class in English literature has heard of the monomyth. It's the idea that there is only one type of story that can be told: the hero's journey. NO, NO, NO, forty thousand times, NO! I'm going to shatter this misconception into a thousand tiny pieces. First of all, the…
Stupid Religious Arguments
I admit, this title is rather click-bait-y. I have two drafts currently saved, but I had to go and start writing another post anyway, which you're reading now. However, I had to write this. I need to get it off my chest. I can say right now that I will never translate this article into…
Random Thoughts, Collection 1: Man is the Only Animal Capable of Lying to Himself
I love watching debunking videos on YouTube. They are valuable sources of both information and cheap laughs. In some cases, I would even call them guilty pleasures (though DBZA is my real guilty pleasure). As I'm writing this, I'm listening to the Pine Trees and Elephants Aftershow, which is quasi-inspiration for me, but I've had the…
A Scientific Explanation for the Persistence of Crusaders
Below are two pictures of an article in a recent issue of Science. The first is the un-edited shot, and the second is the part I wish to draw your attention to: Since I don't currently have a functional scanner, I had to take a regular picture. Unfortunately, even though I could read the text just…
A Conversation About Social Experiments
What follows is a passage I may include at some point in The Nine Empires. Adya walked briskly down the corridor, finding the door, left ajar, by the faint blue glow emanating from within the room on the other side. He gently pushed the door open with the back of his hand, finding, perhaps, the two…
A Puzzling Identity
Ever hear the saying "a bad tree cannot produce good fruit?" I'll bet you have, it's from the bible (I refuse to capitalise it out of spite), specifically Matthew 7:17-18 and Luke 6:43. I hate this saying, because as far as I'm concerned, the fruit is the measure of the tree. I have some ugly,…
Kaja's Kreations 