In Nothing is Greater than the Sum of it's parts, I argue that emergent systems do not exist.

Nothing is greater than the sum of it's parts. The idea of an institution is an abstraction, a

If you can lie to yourself, you don't have to lie to others. If you can lie to

(Not my own opinions. Believe at your own risk) President Francois Mitterrand was a nazi. He worked under the french

Debating is a game and, as with most games, there are a number of useful  meta-strategic tricks which it pays

My meta-debating position is pretty simple. I think debates should be judged based on how persuasive teams are. Persuasiveness is

I've written that Persuasiveness = Truth*Importance*Originality(compared to 1st half). This is true, but it isn'

In Axiomatic Beliefs, I argue that certain premises are cornerstones of our thought and cannot be jettisoned or questioned. From

Doing sums with morality is very dangerous. But, what is the alternative? The answer is to not look at the

(Short Version) * BP debating has a left wing bias in terms of which motions are set and which arguments are