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Falsification, the Cass Review, and the Postmodernisation of Science
A lesson in subverting scientific integrity to social causes.
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Alan Flanagan
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March 2024

So, Israel is No Longer a Liberal Democracy.
What that does, and doesn't, mean.
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Alan Flanagan
Historical Rigour and Future Prescience
History provides the opportunity to shine some insightful light on the road ahead.
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Alan Flanagan
5

February 2024

Mahsa Amini, Islamism, and the Moral Incoherence of the Western Left
Western Left/Progressives never fail to convey the lack of substance behind their manufactured beliefs.
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Alan Flanagan
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Law, Science, and the Loss of Shared Reality
A shared reality requires a shared sense-making framework.
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Alan Flanagan
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Magician Argues for the Existence of Magic
Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, hopes to conjure forth the omnipotent Market.
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Alan Flanagan
3

January 2024

Moral Combat, Messianism, and the No-State Solution
Part 4 of attempting to make sense of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Alan Flanagan
4

December 2023

2023, We Hardly Knew Ye
The most popular 3am Thoughts essays of the past year.
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Alan Flanagan
1
Anti-Semitism and the Anti-Imperialism of Fools
Part 3 of attempting to make sense of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Alan Flanagan
10

November 2023

Opinion Absolutism and Impoverished Perspectives
The moral imperative of our culture is to incubate yourself within only the ideas you already believe.
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Alan Flanagan
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Asymmetry and the Dilemma of Self-Determination
Part 2 of attempting to make sense of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Alan Flanagan
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October 2023

Tying the Gordian Knot: the Historical Entangling of Israel and Palestine
Part 1 of attempting to make sense of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Alan Flanagan
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