For your questions about my two May lectures on the arguments for and against God — or other philosophical questions — join me today, May 25th at 7 PM CT at thinkspot. Registration here: https://thinkspot.com/event_signup?event=8LuJZe
May 2020 Q&A at thinkspot — today Read More »
TEACHER FAILS ENTIRE CLASS: An economics professor said that she had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich. Socialism is a great equalizer. The professor then said, “Okay, we
Anecdote: Socialism’s incentive problem Read More »
Excellent essay by Professor C. Bradley Thompson diagnosing prominent strains of the weird left and the sometimes-weirder right, both deeply anti-liberal, anti-Enlightenment, and anti-American-founding. Link. the principles and institutions of the American Founding are now under assault from the nattering nabobs of both the progressive Left and the reactionary Right. These two ideological antipodes share
Pajama-boy Nietzscheans — Thompson essay Read More »
Open College with Dr. Stephen R.C. Hicks EP #34 | “Democratic Socialism for Beginners” I take up these questions: * What is socialism? * What is democracy? * Is democratic socialism an oxymoron or a possibility? * Can socialism be only about money or also religion, sex, and art? * Must democratic socialism slide into
Democratic Socialism for Beginners [Open College podcast] Read More »
This is an additional event, scheduled for Saturday morning. Those who purchased a ticket for the May 11th evening will have access to this event too. Subscribers to my thinkspot will, as always, get free access. Trailer for the three-event series is here. Or sign up here.
Additional event scheduled: “The Best Argument for a God” Read More »
The next three episodes are into production: Thomas Kuhn’s De-Structuring Science When Covid-30 Strikes Is God Provable/Disprovable? Other episodes in the series:
Coming Soon on *Open College with Stephen Hicks* Read More »
Here is thinkspot’s link for the public page for those wanting to register for the event without going through the waitlist. Subscriptions to my livestream lectures and other thinkspot activities are $5 per month or $60 per year.
Tonight’s live lecture: The Best Argument for a God Read More »
This fits better with my priors about human nature. It’s not what The Lord of the Flies said. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months
Real boys shipwrecked on a desert island: What happened? Read More »