Most politicians seem to have some vast idea of these huge groups of people that need to have "something done about/for them." As a result, they take these actions that are vast generalities that end up harming as many people (or more people) than they help. In fact, most human rights disasters throughout history are … Continue reading People want to live their lives, not your agenda →

A lot of people (and a lot of philosophers throughout history) have been confused about the subject of truth. Some people believe that if somebody has done "a study" that means that the data produced by that "study" is true. Others believe that if something is written in a book by an authority, then that … Continue reading What is truth? →

I've had a few people say to me, "Wow, you're good at everything." That's not really true, but there are some things I've become pretty good at. I get the impression that some people feel like it's magical or that I have some special ability that others don't have. But that's not true. To explain … Continue reading Competence →

A lot of people have been tricked into "fighting" things in a way that actually reduces their own freedom and perpetuates the thing that they are trying to eliminate. I've had some trouble expressing this, because it's hard to explain, but I think I've found a way to explain it adequately. There are three types … Continue reading Fighting →

I'm all for stopping people from spreading hateful messages that attack people for their race, religion, country of origin, etc. It's foul and harmful. But when you support laws against hate speech, you're essentially trusting the government to make a decision about what is and isn't okay to communicate about. Okay, you say, maybe that's … Continue reading Hate Speech →

One of the qualities of an insane person is the inability to differentiate things that are different--to say that two things that are actually different are instead similar or identical. Consequently, insane people (or at least, evil people) tend to take two things that are different and say they are the same. A classic example … Continue reading Differences and Identities →

I love how people are like, "Oh yeah, let's all be peaceful and respect everybody," until something that they think is evil shows up, and then they're like, "Oh yeah, hit that person!" And what's funny is that you usually think the evil person is evil because they are all like, "Oh, we want to hurt … Continue reading Hurting Evil People →

The arena of politics is fraught for a lot of reasons. It's the subject of power, a subject on which humanity as a group is pretty much insane, from a historical perspective. Very few people ask themselves why they want to be in power, assuming that power is its own end and that one has … Continue reading Why Politics is Such a Fraught Subject →

You know, once in a while I see people post about immigration into the US, or get unhappy about it, or something, and I wonder if they understand how immigration into the United States works. Here's a reasonable summary here of ways to legally immigrate into the US. As you may notice, there actually is … Continue reading Immigration →

I find it amazing that we live in a world where it is so easy to directly hear what people are saying, to directly see places that are far away from you, and to get first-hand accounts from numerous individuals of what is happening, and yet people still choose to get filtered, edited information second-hand … Continue reading Going to the Source →