Dmitry Chernikov’s Blog

The federal government is going into the car business. Note how ridiculous this remark sounds: “This administration has no desire to run an auto company on a day-to-day basis.” Of course, it will have to keep tight control over the management, since the managers will have little incentive to generate profit, because any loss will [...]

In the days of Bill Clinton, when the freerepublic.com people were still sane, somebody mentioned the “shadow government.” This brought about a contest of hilarious pictures depicting whatever the shadow government seemed to mean. Here are some of them.

Consider the following rhymes, off the top of my head: try and hide – cyanide religion – pigeon mind – try and water – slaughter along – strong – song queen – seventeen funeral – sooner-or-l… ater society – impiety – propriety – variety abdo’men – roman church – perch hears – grenadiers Don’t you [...]

“… many men believe that promiscuity does not suit women. They believe that a woman who has had many partners cannot bind emotionally with a husband. She is never his.” Article by Paul Craig Roberts.

In the first philosophy book I ever read, Philosophy for Dummies by Thomas Morris (which is a brilliant introduction to numerous philosophical ideas), Morris articulates the “principle of belief conservation.” First he argues that some of our beliefs are rational, or else the term “rational belief” would have neither referent nor meaning. The usefulness of [...]

Guys, I’m becoming a Rastafarian. Christianity is a great religion, but, having conducted the Outsider Test, I am now convinced that Rastafari is the one true faith. I’m eager to discuss the merits of our religions in the future.