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Impervious to Evidence

Agonist — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:00:01 +0000

Turns out it’s serious business when someone is wrong on the internet …

Two friends build a wind-powered car that travels directly downwind faster than the wind. It’s a neat case study in bias.

The World Cup

Agonist — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:32:26 +0000

For several years I was mildly curious about soccer. It seemed odd that the whole world but the U.S. followed the sport fanatically. I made it a point to catch a game or two on TV, to see if I was missing something.

Years later, my curiosity had shifted. I no longer wondered why [...]

You Have To Think More Than One Move Ahead

Agonist — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:18:18 +0000

Or, (E), you could have festooned the lampposts with the Statsi beforehand, and have been home in time for dinner.

But it seems like I’m missing the point, doesn’t it?

Capitalists, Note Well

Agonist — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:47:46 +0000

[Hayek] argues that markets generally do not reward “merit.” That is, the people who become wealthy in the marketplace do not do so, for the most part, because they are somehow “better” people than those who are not as wealthy. [Merit is] not what the market rewards. The market rewards the creation of [...]

It’s Funny ‘Cause It’s True

Agonist — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:46:01 +0000

Ruben Bolling attempts irony through hyperbole, fails.

Noteworthy Nietzsche Family Circus

Agonist — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:09:23 +0000

On the corruption of youth.

But is it really the surest way?

Zero

Agonist — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:29:21 +0000

www.marriedtothesea.com

This pleases me.

The Internal Monologue of a Common Interlocutor

Agonist — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:31:43 +0000

From The Onion:

What’s that? Now it’s making an appeal to reason? Never! Do you hear me, you eloquent, well-read behemoth? Never! We’ll die before we recognize what we secretly know to be true! The cognitive dissonance only makes our denial stronger!

Via STR

Expialidocious

Agonist — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:47:47 +0000

It’s been a bit too long since I’ve watched Mary Poppins.

Slush Mugs

Agonist — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:57:37 +0000

There’s this box I haven’t unpacked sitting just out of reach. Its top is partway open. I can see there’s a “Slush Mug” in there. If you don’t know what a “Slush Mug” is, that sucks for you. The product of a “Slush Mug” is delicious.

Between me and the slush mug box there’s [...]