Benjamin Espen reviews The Wise of Heart.

"When it comes to the two sides, I was impressed by Schantz' version of gender affirmation theory, put into the mouth of the prosecuting attorney just like William Jennings Bryan's defense of biblical interpretation on the witness stand. Like a medieval disputation, Schantz gave the side he clearly does not agree with the chance to make its best argument.

"That Schantz' rhetorical opponents are not interested in returning the favor was vividly illustrated by Kickstarter shutting down the crowdfunding campaign originally intended to publish this book. Schantz was able to find an alternative platform, but [the] way in which real life rhymes with fiction here is eerie.

"This was an great book, both thought-provoking and interesting to read. The illustrations are top-notch as well. I'm happy to recommend it."

https://www.benespen.com/wise-of-heart-book-review/

Aged like fine wine

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The recent spat over the Proto-Indo-European homeland goes to show how hard it is to separate science from myth, and by myth I don't mean an untrue story but a story that tells us who we really are.

Two in five people on earth speak an Indo-European language, so these are a special people and any country or folk group who can claim them has a special claim to greatness. Some Indian anthropologists claim they came from India. Expert consensus for nearly a century places them in Ukraine, with a minority view, abandoned even by the man who proposed it, saying they came from Anatolia. A year or two ago I noticed this Anatolian hypothesis gaining steam again, and now we have a new dubious hypothesis that the Proto-Indo-European homeland is somewhere in the Middle East, with a ridiculous gerrymandered dating produced post hoc by historical linguistics. Survive the Jive and and others have covered this in detail.

Certain quarters of modern activist science simply cannot brook the idea that a people this important could have European origins. Dave and I spoke on the latest Kulture Dads episode about liberalism's simultaneous hatred of the past and the need to own it, which goes back at least to Rousseau and social contract theory.

The struggle we're engaged in is metapolitical, but at a deeper level, it's mythical. It's a war not just of ideas, but of imperatives, of what points to where we've come from, who we are, and where we need to go. One of the authors of the silly linguistics paper let the mask slip in his motivation for writing it, and as ever what's behind it is the struggle to define who we are and what we must be.

The takeaway from this mythic struggle is that what finally wins people over at the end of the day is less a good argument or strong evidence, but a stronger myth—something pre-rational and aesthetic, a command couched in the language of propositions. Rational argument and empirical evidence are crucial, but the frame is equally if not more important. We are engaged in mythopoesis, and our success stands or falls upon being superior mythmakers.

Caesar Didn’t Have That Problem

Back in the day, Gaius Julius Caesar was facing the prospect of being charged for fake crimes by his political enemies. He never had to face them because he crossed the Rubicon with a single legion. Actions have consequences. But a failure to act has consequences too. And those who don’t act when they have […]

https://voxday.net/2023/08/06/caesar-didnt-have-that-problem/

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The Eye: Argentina’s Mysterious Circular Island

On the outskirts of the lively city of Buenos Aries in Argentina, there is a mysterious circular island located in the Parana Delta which rotates on its own axis like a distant planet. Scientists believe that the unusual island—known in Argentina as “El Ojo” or “The Eye”—formed in 2003. There is not yet a scientific consensus about how the circular island formed, but there are countless wild theories.

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Is Barbie So Woke It’s Based?

That is what I keep hearing from younger guys.  Okay, obvious baseline statement: Barbie. Was. Not. Made. For. Me.  Also, the sky is blue, water is wet, and poop smells like poop.  That doesn’t change the fact that by any objective standard Barbie is a substandard story and is heavy handed politically. Starting with little […]

https://arkhavencomics.com/2023/08/03/is-barbie-so-woke-its-based/

BREAKING! A San Diego Navy sailor has been arrested on espionage charges. Jinchao Wei had a secret security clearance and was allegedly giving sensitive military information to China.

Details: https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/navy-sailor-assigned-to-san-diego-based-ship-among-2-arrested-on-charges-tied-to-national-security-china

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Eight of the approximately 800 vaccine exemptions Dr. Mary Kelly Sutton had written over the course of her career were challenged and were the basis for the board revoking her license.

The bases for those exemptions included, for example, family histories of serious adverse reactions to vaccines or autoimmune disorders.

These are valid reasons to exempt children from vaccinations.

Why was she reprimanded for protecting children?

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https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/kelly-sutton-revoke-medical-license-children-vaccines/

NEW - BBC is facing a revolt from millions of television viewers who are no longer willing to pay the television licence fee.

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Superconductor
https://www.axios.com/2023/08/04/lk-99-room-temperature-superconductor-claim

During daytime when there are lots of flights it's WARMER than it is at night when there aren't as many flights.

Checkmate, climate science deniers.

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