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- AetherCzar The Hidden Truth
- Al Fin Family of Blogs All the Al Fin blogs since 2005
- Al Fin, The Dangerous Child The Dangerous Child Blog
- Anthony Watts Independent and irreverent look at the turbulent world of climate change
- Anti Puritan Axel McKibbens Neoreaction Blog
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- Race, Genes, and Intelligence Understanding real world diversity
- Steve Sailer An early and continuing voice for HBD and alternative cultural criticism from outside the skankstream
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- Addicted to Distraction Bruce Charlton Looks at Mass Delusion
- Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do In Search of a Free Country
- An Unsettling Climate by Rupert Darwall Tales of the climate apocalypse movement
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- Basic Energy Primer Nuclear Energy vs. Intermittent Energy: Safety, Cost, Reliability
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- Black Book of Communism It’s Killed 100 million, and it’s not finished yet!
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- Dysgenics by Richard Lynn 250 pp free ebook on decline of the global human genome
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- Economics in One Lesson Economics for a free people
- Ed Hoskins Energy, Climate documentation
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- Julian Simon's Ultimate Resource The future is only limited by the human mind
- Kinematic Self Replicating Machines Online book by Robert Freitas and Ralph Merkle
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- Moldbuggery Writings of Mencius Moldbug
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- Nick Land's Dark Enlightenment The Dark Enlightenment Series
- Nuclear War Survival Skills How to Survive the Big One
- Orwell's 1984 A fictitious dark future that sometimes seems all too possible
- Popper: Logic of Scientific Discovery Popper’s classic text on growing sound science
- Race Differences in Cognitive Ability (30 Years) Black-White IQ differences persist over time
- Readings on Philosophy of Science, Physics, Maths Miscellaneous readings of interest
- Richard Feynman Physics Lectures 3 vol. Online Read Feynman’s famous physics lectures free online
- Richard Feynman's Hughes Lectures on Science & Maths Lecture notes from 1966 to 1971 as PDF downloads
- Robinson Self-Taught Homeschool Curriculum A gift of cognitive and motive independence
- Scientific Understanding of Consciousness Useful Gateway to Modern Research on Consciousness
- Survivor Library Files Survival/prepper file flood
- Text Files . com Copious text files on forbidden and not forbidden topics
- The Industry Handbook Quick and useful overview of a number of industrial sectors for investors
- The Law Frederic Bastiat’s classic critique of socialism and democracy
- The Nuclear Energy Option Online Ebook Free online ebook by by Bernard L Cohen
- Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions On Scientific Paradigm Shifts
- Why Wind Won't Work Clear explanation of the many problems with wind energy in a 30 pp PDF document
Optimism
- Bjorn Lomborg Getting the facts straight
- Brian Wang's NextBigFuture Optimistic Science & Technology Future Website
- Grey Enlightenment Conservatively optimistic economics/finance
- John McCarthy: Sustained Progress How Scientific and Technological Progress can be Sustained
- Julian Simon Online works of Julian Simon, eternal optimist
- Lifeboat Foundation blog Blog of the futurist Lifeboat Foundation
- Matt Ridley Rational Optimism
- Mike Rowe Works Foundation Correcting the Skills gap
- Patri Friedman and Seasteading Projects of Patri Friedman, grandson of Milton, son of David
- Peter H. Diamandis' website X Prize, Singularity University, Planetary Resources, etc.
- Ray Kurzweil Kurzweil’s Singularity
- Robert Bryce Better Living Through Technology
- Seasteading Institute Quest for Free Living on the Oceans
- The Arts Mechanical An exploration of the technologies that affect our lives
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Could a Psychopath Be Elected US President?
Psychopaths usually don’t want to commit themselves to a long course of study. They want to get results quick. So we could wonder – would they be attracted to politics? You can be a career politician without much preparation. And … Continue reading
Posted in Psychopaths
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Honeys that Heal
The ancient Egyptians used medicinal honey regularly, making ointments to treat skin and eye diseases. “Honey was used to cover a wound or a burn or a slash, or something like that, because nothing could grow on it – so … Continue reading
Posted in Practical Medicine
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Buying Credentials: A Poor Substitute for Education
Despite $1 trillion in college loan debt, there is no sign that US college students are being well educated. They study less, lack quantitative reasoning skills, are poor at critical thinking, and attempt to balance binge drinking and laying about … Continue reading
Vitamin D: Not Just for Rickets and Osteoporosis
Vitamin D has an important role in regulating cell growth. Laboratory experiments suggest that it helps prevent the unrestrained cell multiplication that characterizes cancer by reducing cell division, restricting tumor blood supply (angiogenesis), increasing the death of cancer cells (apoptosis), … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine, Practical Medicine, Survival Prepping
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Have You Played the Knockout Game?
The male victim was riding his bike along the 900 block of Catherine Street in the Bella Vista section of the city just before 8 p.m. on Friday when he was randomly punched by a group of teens, police said. … Continue reading
Disaster Proof Homes In the Age of Climate Doom
We are constantly barraged with pseudo-scientific propaganda about the impending climate apocalypse. Yet we do not need to quake in fear of climate doom before we consider how our houses could be made safer against natural disasters. Disaster resistant homes … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Doom, Shelter, Survival Prepping
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Europe’s Dark Tunnel of Doom
Negative repercussions from Europe’s energy policies — more properly described as a suicidal energy death spiral — are piling up. Euro governments are learning that it is far easier to set off down the road of green good intentions, than … Continue reading
Essential Home Remedies: Tea Tree Oil
Here are some uses for tea tree oil, often referred to as a “medicine cabinet in a bottle”: 1. Use a dab to treat acne. 2. An anti-fungal for treating Athlete’s Foot, eczema, various yeast infections, etc. 3. An antiseptic … Continue reading
Posted in Practical Medicine, Survival Prepping
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Breakeven Prices in US Shale Oil
Even though prices have slumped to their lowest in more than a year, output keeps marching ahead thanks to falling operational costs, increasingly efficient well technology, rising reserve estimates and aggressive forward hedging programs. Experts say the 1 million barrel … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Oil Prices, Shale Oil & Gas Revolution
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US Blacks Continue Race War Against Whites, Others
Black supremacists continue calling for a race war against whites, including black supremacists working for Obama’s Department of Homeland Security. Black economist and philosopher Thomas Sowell writes regularly about the unreported race war. Popular black movie actors boast about being … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks and crime, Crime, Genetics and Gene Expression, Situational Awareness
Tagged race and crime, race war
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Human Genetics and IQ: Where Angels Fear to Tread
Update note: The article below has been updated slightly from its original form to emphasize that the level of comparison in the research study is the “school level.” Although the topic is not politically correct, genes account for 50% or … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Genetics and Gene Expression, Human Brain, IQ
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Africa: Marching to Utopia, They are Almost There
Beginning around 2010, the world’s mainstream pundits began to sing a triumphant refrain. They called it “The African Miracle,” and declared a new and booming Africa, a world investment magnet for the smart global investor. The song is still being … Continue reading
Age of the Sissy: Even the Hurricanes are Weaklings
Storm intensity is measured by central pressure, the atmospheric pressure at the core of a cyclone. The lower the core preasure, the more intense the storm. Haiyan, at its peak, was measured at 895 hPa (hectopascals). In the North Atlantic, … Continue reading
Al Fin Family of Blogs Update
This posting is updated from an original blog directory posting on the first Al Fin blog. It is provided for new readers who may be unfamiliar with the background behind many of the ideas being discussed on Al Fin Next … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Pram
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Deep Delusions in High Places: A Slow Stealthy Collapse
Spain is reeling under the deep delusion, Germany is beginning to feel the pain, and the UK is on the verge of deep economic wounds that could leave painful scars for generations. A few days ago Kurt Bock, the firm’s … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Energy, Europe
Tagged Green Corruption
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Can a Society of Sissies Survive in a Violent World?
A good man is hard to find. An Al Fin Dangerous Child is even harder to find, in this day and age. Many people think that westerners are raising entire new generations of nothing but sissies. When you consider the … Continue reading
Posted in Competence, Crime, Dangerous Child
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Julian Simon And The Future We Make For Ourselves
The environment is going to hell, and human life is doomed to only get worse, right? Wrong. Conventional wisdom, meet Julian Simon, the Doomslayer. _Julian Simon Doomslayer Julian Simon’s evolutionary economic outlook is a stark contrast to the mainstream drivel … Continue reading
Posted in Doom, Economics
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Big Surprise! Gender Gap in Physics (and Math) Persists
No matter how hard feminist “scholars” try to explain away the gender gap in high level math and physics aptitude, the underlying reality will not go away. In a new synthesis of past work, researchers found that women consistently score … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Human Brain, Learning Theory, Sex Differences, Testosterone
Tagged Sex Differences
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How Old Should Children Be Before Learning to Make Bombs?
Re-published from a previous article in the original Al Fin blog According to a report in the Wednesday edition of the Lübecker Nachrichten newspaper, [a] 39-year-old teacher, who has not been named, made gunpowder together with his students who then … Continue reading
Posted in Competence, Dangerous Child, Martial Arts and Fight Training
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(Brain) Transplant vs. In Situ Regeneration
Scientists are hard on the trail of lab-grown organs and tissues. They are learning to grow tissues on scaffolding — even brain tissue — and how to print organs in 3D with special printers and inks. Once created, these pristine … Continue reading
Posted in Human Brain, Regenerative Medicine
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How Many Vaginas Does a Woman Really Need?
In the wonderful new age of regenerative medicine, scientists are growing replacement skin, ears, urinary bladders, and other body parts in the lab. Scientists at San Diego-based Organovo have learned to print slices of liver in 3D, with the ultimate … Continue reading
Posted in Regenerative Medicine
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Third World Applauds Groupthink in Science
Groupthink is a peculiar weakness of the human mind. In children, we call it “peer pressure.” In climate change, we call it “consensus.” Janis (1972)’s eight symptoms [of groupthink]: illusion of invulnerability collective rationalization belief in inherent morality stereotyped views … Continue reading
Monomaths vs Polymaths: Tribal Warfare Over the Future
The Monomath: The average job now is done by someone who is stationary in front of some kind of screen. Someone who has just one overriding interest is tunnel-visioned, a bore, but also a specialist, an expert. Welcome to the … Continue reading
Posted in Competence
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How Can Black Males Fit into a Modern World?
Our technological and scientific worlds are becoming more sophisticated and challenging — offering spectacular vistas of hope and possibility. But if the underlying population is not up to the challenge, the future could prove a very unpleasant surprise. Caution: The … Continue reading
An American Fracking Boom Spawns European Frack-Phobia
If you stay reasonably well informed, you already know that the applied technology of fracking is one of the few bright spots in the current US economy. Here are some facts about the shale boom: 1) 12.1 million barrels per … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Europe
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