Ep. 533 Pushing Back Against Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science Funding
Adam Haman returns to help Bob dissect Neil deGrasse Tyson’s recent complaints about the lack of government funding for science. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. Neil deGrasse Tyson laments science funding. The Bell Labs paper that laid out the Kelly criterion. Kealey’s case against public…
Ep. 532 David Beckworth Helps Breakdown Dinesh D’Souza’s Calvinism Debate
Economist David Beckworth joins Bob to analyze a recent debate on Calvinism between Dinesh D’Souza and Guillaume Bignon, hosted on the Gospel Truth podcast. Both David and Bob approach the issue as Molinists. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The Bignon-D’Souza debate on Calvinism. David Beckworth’s…
Ep. 531 Dave Smith KOs Alan Dershowitz on Iran
Adam Haman returns to help Bob analyze the ZeroHedge debate on the Iran war between Dave Smith and Alan Dershowitz. The famous lawyer had but one argument, and it was ridiculous at that. Dave also displayed quick-witted responses. Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: The YouTube version of this episode. The ZH…
Ep. 530 Responding to Dinesh D’Souza on the Alleged Problems of Calvinism
On Twitter and YouTube, Dinesh D’Souza has been criticizing Calvinism (i.e. Reformed theology) for weeks, leveling both scriptural but also philosophical and moral objections. Bob adopts his version of Molinism to argue that God’s sovereignty can be reconciled with man’s free will (and hence moral culpability). Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:…
Ep. 529 The Walls Are Contracting on George Selgin’s Credit
Taking a recent Twitter exchange as a springboard, Bob argues that George Selgin has unwittingly conceded the entire argument they had at the SoHo Forum: namely, fractional reserve banking by its very essence causes a mismatch between the community’s saving and the funds made available for loans via the banks. Mentioned in the Episode and…