People used to try to tell me that the dead sea scrolls somehow demonstrate the unreliability of Hebrew scriptures, with implications for Christianity. Instead the scrolls, recently dated to range even older (400BC-200AD) demonstrate the opposite, that the Masoretic text and

Incidentally, no gnostic texts were found in the Dead Sea Scrolls (another specious claim). However, fragments of what the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches have always regarded as deuterocanonical books (worthy of reading) and which are included in any *full* copy of

Exceptio probat regulam (exceptions prove a rule - Cicero) means properly that an exception demonstrates the presence of a rule. In contrast to the argument that exceptions disprove a rule. The point is to infer that rules can be general rules w. no burden of covering all cases.

Massive scale ancient North American farming. phys.org/news/2025-06-a…

I asked Elon Musk's AI for an analysis of key national-level Trump figures' estimated IQs based on speeches & public comments, basic measures of intelligence, e.g. correlation of question & answer, awareness, logical thinking, & knowledge of the world + analyzing repeated gaffs

I asked Elon's AI to make AD&D character sheets for key nt'l-level Trump figures based on public behavior, assigning dice-roll values to the usual character traits of Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, & Charisma. Monster Manual creatures for reference.

Adding STNG main characters for reference to the IQ analysis. Worf outranks Trump. But Riker? I guess.

Pippin will be happy with this IQ ranking. Good job, Pippin. Now quit screwing up!

IQ ranking of Trumpers and Star Wars characters.

Trumper personalities (good & evil, correlated to popular mythoi). Courtesy of Elon's AI.

I asked Elon's AI to figure out based on personality and character traits, which nazi leader national Trump figures correlate to.

I asked Elon's AI to correlate national Trump figures' personalities and character traits to Roman emperors. Enjoy.

National trumpers as batman opponents, courtesy of Elon's AI:

Comparisons of moral/ethical character, of national trumpers, courtesy of Elon's AI, to characters from mythoi: LOTR, Star Wars, STNG, Harry Potter, Disney, Batman mythos.

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