The Mothers of Invention of a snowless setting
In yesterday’s post, I didn’t explain something I thought was obvious. The Mothers of Invention alludes to the well-known proverb, “Necessity is […]
The mothers of invention of the Mesoamerican theory
I’m continuing to hear some old objections to the North American setting for the Book of Mormon, so apparently I need to […]
Multiple working hypotheses
There are three intellectual methods for scientific study that I like to apply to Church history and Book of Mormon geography issues […]
Feynman thought for the day
You should, in science, believe logic and arguments, carefully drawn, and not authorities. – Richard Feynman Source: Book of Mormon Wars
The Editors: Joseph, William and Don Carlos Smith
I’ve mentioned this book before on this blog. I actually wrote it a year ago but never released it because I was […]
How much should students defer to professors?
Although there are a lot of college students who read this blog, we’re all students in one way or another, so the […]
Experts and assumptions
Much of what we “know” consists of information organized around assumptions we take for granted. This is natural; we can’t learn everything, […]
New Book – Before the World Finds Out
Okay, since a lot of readers want to know about new books, I’ll tell you about another new book that I’ve only […]
New book: Because of this Theory
For a long time people have been asking for a book version of this blog. I’ve explained that the entire blog is […]
Joseph Smith endorsed Oliver Cowdery’s letters
From time to time I still hear objections to Letter VII based on the idea that Oliver wrote them by himself and […]