Dmitry Chernikov’s Blog

Discuss it here. Suppose that Iran got a nuclear bomb. Would it be of any use to it? Let’s say the US attacks Iran and kills half of its population. Iran decides to retaliate by nuking Israel and destroying half of its population. What happens next? Israel responds with a nuclear strike eliminating the rest [...]

What does it mean to say that God loves better things more? Does it mean that if A is better than B, then God loves A more intensely than B? Does it mean that God wills more good to A than to B; that is, wills A to be better than B, and because of [...]

At LRC.

An argument of sorts against my attack on Craig’s personal eschatology is this: picture Earth as a garden, a God’s garden. Some, even most, parts of it are still uncultivated. In fact, most of the garden is covered with weeds which are burned (in hell) after they die. The few Christian flowers struggle alongside these [...]

Here is his explanation; and here is mine with a comment. (Thanks to Fides Quaerens Intellectum for the link.)

I once (years ago) asked Ludwig von Mises whether he was in heaven and if so, then why he was there, given his apparent lifelong atheism. The only-slightly sad yet brimming with amazement answer I got, from Mises himself (don’t ask me how — it’s none of your business; let it be enough that I [...]

At Mises.org; discussion here. The column was edited slightly; the original text is below. Friedman’s book Price Theory: An Intermediate Text defines rationality as application of correct means to human ends. He further assumes that people are mostly rational. Using incorrect means often results in personal misery or death, for example, for a person who [...]