Dangerous Intersection https://dangerousintersection.org Human Animals at the Crossroads of Science, Religion, Media and Culture Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:43:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 2851851 Discover Speechify: Enhance Your PDF Experience https://dangerousintersection.org/2025/02/22/a-plug-for-speechify/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-plug-for-speechify&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-plug-for-speechify https://dangerousintersection.org/2025/02/22/a-plug-for-speechify/#respond Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:32:50 +0000 https://dangerousintersection.org/?p=41722 With Speechify. I can multitask and boost productivity with natural voice capabilities. I cannot say enough good things about Speechify. I’ve scanned most of my books over the years and I have saved them, as well as thousands of articles, in Dropbox (as pdfs). Now, with Speechify everything in my vast collection can be read out loud to me as I’m working out, cooking, cleaning. It’s as if everything I own as a pdf can now be a podcast. You can also have Speechify read a live web page.

Further, they offer dozens of natural sounding voices in various languages. I’ve been listening to articles in Spanish (at slightly reduced speed) and it has been very helpful for improving my Spanish. I’m not making any commission for this recommendation, but I wanted to share this because I just discovered Speechify and it is a game-changer for me. Maybe some of you are looking for this capability on your phone or laptop. If so, consider Speechify. It’s not free, but for me it will totally be worth $140/year.…

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COVID Public Health Fraud and Incompetence in a Nutshell https://dangerousintersection.org/2025/02/21/covid-public-health-fraud-and-incompetence-in-a-nutshell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-public-health-fraud-and-incompetence-in-a-nutshell&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covid-public-health-fraud-and-incompetence-in-a-nutshell https://dangerousintersection.org/2025/02/21/covid-public-health-fraud-and-incompetence-in-a-nutshell/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:56:40 +0000 https://dangerousintersection.org/?p=41718 From Dr. Simon Goddek:

If masks worked, why did they need mandates?

If the jab worked, why did I need one for yours to work?

If lockdowns worked, why did cases still explode?

If the science was settled, why did they ban debate?

If the vaccines were safe, why did they need liability protection?

And there are many other things the experts got wrong about Covid. Either they were lying and/or they didn’t have the humility and courage to say “I don’t know.”

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On Being Non-Partisan https://dangerousintersection.org/2025/02/20/on-being-non-partisan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-being-non-partisan&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-being-non-partisan https://dangerousintersection.org/2025/02/20/on-being-non-partisan/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:26:03 +0000 https://dangerousintersection.org/?p=41713 Greg Lukianoff:

Be willing to make common cause with ideological opponents. As he contemplated the challenges and pitfalls of advocating for abolition, Frederick Douglass began to see that dialogue with those who saw things differently was critical to achieving his goals. When the more stringent and radical abolitionists, whose motto was “No union with slaveholders,” criticized Douglass’ approach, he famously replied, “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”

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More NYT Hocus-Pocus https://dangerousintersection.org/2025/02/17/more-nyt-hocus-pocus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-nyt-hocus-pocus&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-nyt-hocus-pocus https://dangerousintersection.org/2025/02/17/more-nyt-hocus-pocus/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2025 01:13:25 +0000 https://dangerousintersection.org/?p=41707 “Journalism,” NYT style. Truly, how is it possible that even a large salary can convince a person to piss all over their own degree in journalism? No self-respect.

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Nadine Strossen: Strongly Enforced Hate-Speech Laws Existed in Post-WWI Germany https://dangerousintersection.org/2025/02/16/nadine-strossen-strongly-enforced-hate-speech-laws-existed-in-post-wwi-germany/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nadine-strossen-strongly-enforced-hate-speech-laws-existed-in-post-wwi-germany&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nadine-strossen-strongly-enforced-hate-speech-laws-existed-in-post-wwi-germany https://dangerousintersection.org/2025/02/16/nadine-strossen-strongly-enforced-hate-speech-laws-existed-in-post-wwi-germany/#respond Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:26:36 +0000 https://dangerousintersection.org/?p=41703 Nadine Strossen discusses the “Weimar Fallacy.” Strong hate speech laws prior to WWII in Germany shoved hate speech underground, out of sight, where it festered and grew. The better alternative would be to let the people say their hateful things out in the open market where their ignorance will be forced to engage with ideas that are better than hate. Strossen explains:

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For more on this topic, see Greg Lukianoff’s article, “Would censorship have stopped the rise of the Nazis.”…

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<![CDATA[ <p><a href="https://x.com/goddeketal/status/1893012981388087718" target="_blank">From Dr. Simon Goddek:</a></p> <blockquote><p>If masks worked, why did they need mandates?</p> <p>If the jab worked, why did I need one for yours to work?</p> <p>If lockdowns worked, why did cases still explode?</p> <p>If the science was settled, why did they ban debate?</p> <p>If the vaccines were safe, why did they need liability protection?</p></blockquote> <p>And there are many other things the experts got wrong about Covid. Either they were lying and/or they didn&#8217;t have the humility and courage to say &#8220;I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/goddeketal/status/1893012981388087718" target="_blank"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-41719" src="http://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-21-at-2.51.45 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2025 02 21 at 2.51.45 PM" width="437" height="197" title="COVID Public Health Fraud and Incompetence in a Nutshell 1" srcset="https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-21-at-2.51.45 PM.png 437w, https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-21-at-2.51.45 PM-300x135.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px"/></a>&#8230;</p> ]]>
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<![CDATA[ <p>Nadine Strossen discusses the &#8220;Weimar Fallacy.&#8221; Strong hate speech laws prior to WWII in Germany shoved hate speech underground, out of sight, where it festered and grew. The better alternative would be to let the people say their hateful things out in the open market where their ignorance will be forced to engage with ideas that are better than hate. Strossen explains:</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/TheFIREorg/status/1891233707538686115" target="_blank"><img decoding="async" src="http://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-16-at-4.11.49 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2025 02 16 at 4.11.49 PM" width="441" height="509" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-41704" title="Nadine Strossen: Strongly Enforced Hate-Speech Laws Existed in Post-WWI Germany 3" srcset="https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-16-at-4.11.49 PM.png 441w, https://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-16-at-4.11.49 PM-260x300.png 260w" sizes="(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px"/></a></p> <p>For more on this topic, see Greg Lukianoff&#8217;s article, &#8220;<a href="https://www.thefire.org/news/blogs/eternally-radical-idea/would-censorship-have-stopped-rise-nazis-part-16-answers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Would censorship have stopped the rise of the Nazis</a>.&#8221;&#8230;</p> ]]>
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