Interesting Video Short

Interesting Video Short

Friend of mine pointed this out to me (he’ll know who he is). On the one hand, it’s beautifully executed. It also has one hell of an emotional punch – it’seffective. That said, an observation. Even Saberhagen’s Berzerkers, even the Terminators, as ruthless and determined as they were, had a goal, and would stop. They, and computer AI’s, once a goal was met, wouldstop. They may scout, but they won’t keep attacking a site once there’s nothing more left to attack. So the last day of war – well…

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Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends

A few days back I asked what if, genetics, etc., notwithstanding, if the littlest chickenhawk Ben “Benji” Shapiro was right [https://thelastredoubt.com/2017/11/ok-so-what-if-hes-right.html], and ideology was what mattered,and we took that seriously (thought police issues notwithstanding) – would our immigration policy look significantly different in demographics from those the more white identitarian wings of the right promote. The thing is, geneticsdo matter. As I alluded – while Lamarck may s…

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Elections Today

Elections Today

Lines were not long where I was, but while a trickle, it was apparently a steady trickle with well over 20% of voters turning up in my area. The results, one way or another, will be interesting.…

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The Existence of a Real World

The Existence of a Real World

I’d posted recently on Stefan’s debate with a post-modernist [https://thelastredoubt.com/2017/10/jordan-peterson-right.html] who, despite at first proclaiming that post-modernism was nothing like what its detractors claimed, managed to only hold onto anti-authoritarian as his personal view (and as Lewis will later teach us, even that is just his preference). I’d also started readingThe Abolition of Man [https://thelastredoubt.com/2017/10/a-bit-of-lewis.html], and noted how it was an attack on th…

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