Hume of the Week
One of the lines that first dragged me to Hume’s work. Given my recurring discussion about the Smart Class, and comments on those who see themselves as more informed, it seems apt.
Where men are the most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken, and have there given reins to passion, without that proper deliberation and suspense, which can alone secure them from the grossest absurdities.
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, 1751
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Goebbels-Sponges – How Much People Know and Why They Vax
They repeat slogans of vaccinate for freedoms, to keep a job, for holidays. They are nice people, but they are ignorant Goebbels-sponges. -
How Tested and Approved Are Our Covid Treatments?
Three of four Covid treatments aren't TGA-approved and are used off-label. Our evidence is terrible. So is the evidence against Ivermectin.