Prologue In first my post on sovereign citizens, The conspiracy theory that revolves around wordplay, my goal was to illustrate what the sovereign citizen movement is and highlight the particularly strange language they use, which often stands out immediately. Having limited myself to that, I next set out to write a second post covering several…
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What does “include” mean? (2nd in a series on sovereign citizens)
They say nothing is certain but death and taxes, but some people think they can avoid at least one of these. This post is about the people who call themselves sovereignty advocates, state nationals, private men and women, etc., and whom others may call sovereign citizens, tax protestors, tax scammers, etc. In my post The…
Equality, equity, equivalence, identity, indistinguishability, isomorphism, resemblance, congruence, and similarity
While the title of this post might as well be a thesaurus entry, my purpose here is to investigate the differences between these concepts and how they operate in different contexts. Mathematical equality The reader is almost certainly very familiar with the equals sign or = used in math. Many of us first encounter it…
Feelin’ the vibes (literally)
Has this ever happened to you? You’re driving your car and pull up to a stoplight, and another car pulls up beside you absolutely blasting the bass from their sound system. That’s got to be an aftermarket subwoofer, you think to yourself. Even though the sound is muffled and you can’t hear a melody, the…
Why rockets don’t need to push against anything (it’s rocket science)
How can a rocket work in empty space without something to push against? While you may or may not be aware of the answer yourself, this question is perplexing to many people. I invite you to consider why this situation is confusing. I assure you it is not a matter of mere ignorance, and you…
