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Using rational analyses and the latest, earth-shaking discoveries to explore the still unresolved questions in science, history, and Shakespeare

Newsletter · By Dennis McCarthy · Official site

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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Steven Pinker, Scott Alexander, and a Powerful, Fun Music Video on AI Doomerism (opens the original)

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    A powerful and fun music video on AI doom is now making the rounds among the sharpies. AI accelerationist, , author of the Bright Mirror Webpage and Substack, used a massive amount of AI to create “Nothing Went Foom,” a video downplaying the apocalyptic worries of doomers. Basu’s Bright Mirror is clearly a take-off on the title of a popular British Sci-fi show Black Mirror. As Basu writes: <p class="cta-c

  2. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    This Substack Article Identifies Shakespeare’s Dark Lady (opens the original)

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    The Dark Lady: Thomas North and the Mysterious Woman of Shakespeare’s Sonnets is now available on Kindle ($12.99—just click here)! You can also purchase a copy on my Payhip site ($11.99). The book solves, once and for all, the centuries-old mystery of the identity of the black-eyed brunette of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Below are a few excerpts from The Dark Lady. Each takes you step by step till the

  3. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    The First Stunning Proof of North’s Authorship Helped Identify the Dark Lady (now on Kindle!) (opens the original)

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    The Dark Lady: Thomas North and the Mysterious Woman of Shakespeare’s Sonnets is now available on Kindle ($12.99—just click here)! You can also purchase a copy on my Payhip site ($11.99). The book solves, once and for all, the centuries-old mystery of the identity of the black-eyed brunette of Shakespeare’s sonnets. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com

  4. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Vox Day Responds (opens the original)

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    My previous repost on Vox Day’s Probability Zero: The Mathematical Impossibility of Evolution by Natural Selection has attracted attention from Day, himself, who responded with a blog post cheekily titled: “Do Try to Keep Up, Dennis”. I

  5. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    Why "Probability Zero" is Wrong About Evolution (opens the original)

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    [This was one of my more popular efforts, and I think it provides a nice intro to the evidence supporting evolution:]I believe this is one of my more important posts—not only because it explains evolution in simple, intuitive terms, making clear why it must be true, but because it directly refutes the core claims of Vox Day’s best-selling book Probability Zero: The Mathematical Possibility of Evolution by Natural Selection. Day’s adherents are now aggressively pushing its claims across the inter

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