A flowerpot of ashes from the fire of liberty…tokens of hope and truth preserved for future generations who dare to believe that there was once something else.

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A few random posts…

  • Virtue-signaling
    A discussion of the relationship between scientism and virtue-signaling (specifically, signaling membership in the elite) in public life
  • Exposition (Anti-postmodernism)
    A modest expansion of the earlier discussion of the nature of postmodernism, based on Pluckrose and Lindsay's "two principles and four themes" outline.
  • Inequality
    Economic inequality, wealth or income, is often adduced as a problem to be fixed by Marxism. Is it really, or is it at worst a proxy for real societal problems?
  • Climate Change
    A discussion of scientism in the arena of climate change (specifically its public policy advocacy aspect)
  • Quality of Scientific Evidence
    A discussion of assessment of the quality of scientific evidence (particularly evidence regarding human subjects).