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Zombie Hunting Permits
Originally posted on Economics of the Undead:
The city of Clarendon Hills, Illinois, has begun issuing zombie hunting permits. A permit system is typically used to limit the amount of something. Which raises an intriguing question: why does Clarendon Hills want…
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Cable TV Pop Quiz
What’s your favorite cable TV show or channel? Ours is NFL RedZone. We get to see “every touchdown from every game” without commercial breaks. (Bonus question: What is the NCAA waiting for?) For the record, we have no financial or family interest in … Continue reading
If philosophy is a game …
… who are the umpires? Created by Landon Schurtz.
Posted in Games, Logical Fallacies, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged Logical Fallacies, Philosophy
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Vampiric Medical Technology
Originally posted on Economics of the Undead:
Guest Post by Enrique Guerra-Pujol In Chapter 12 (“Buy or Bite?”) of The Economics of the Undead, I observed how most members of the vampire race resort to coercion, compulsion, and confiscation to…
3 in blog years: Sept 3 is 3rd anniversary of errorstatistics.com
Originally posted on Error Statistics Philosophy:
Where did you hear this? “Join me, if you will, for a little deep-water drilling, as I cast about on my isle of Elba.” Remember this and this? And this philosophical treatise on “moving…
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Self-defense?
How many civilians, on average, do police forces in the United States kill each year? Legal scholar Richard Epstein, however, asks a different lethal-force question: Police officer deaths in the line of duty, year to date for 2014, were 67 of which … Continue reading
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Tax-collection devices
This little yellow fire hydrant, located at 393 University Avenue in Toronto, has raked in more than $289,000 in parking-infraction revenue for the City of Toronto since 2008. (You can read the full report here.) As you can see from this … Continue reading
Reading The New Yorker
Originally posted on Book of words:
The New Yorker folks have been sharing some love with its readers recently, particularly so if you do enjoy reading longer pieces like myself. This summer, the American weekly magazine will overhaul the design…
The Ethics and Economics of Vampire Re-ensoulment
Originally posted on Economics of the Undead:
(cross-posted at the Volokh Conspiracy) io9 contributor Greta Christina, after re-watching the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, raises serious questions about the ethics of vampire-slaying. SPOILER: At the end of Season…
