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Did The Pope Really Say Health Is A “Right”?
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Did The Pope Really Say Health Is A “Right”?

A quotation: And Jesus passing by, saw a man, who was blind from his birth: And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man, or his parents, that…
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All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A Model
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All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A Model

There is no Class this week, due to events. Here are the first 100 numbers in a series I constructed: 0.3987654 ,0.9560464 ,0.1675681 ,0.5562341 ,0.9843035 ,0.06160958 ,0.2305416 ,0.7073786 ,0.8254209 ,0.5746259…
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It’s The End Of The World Again
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It’s The End Of The World Again

It's only a matter of time. This world had a beginning, and all created things have beginnings and ends. Thus, this world will have an end. I want to stress…
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Belgian Judge Wants To Arrest Little Nate Cofnast Because Cofnast Says Smart People Are Smarter Than Dumb People
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Belgian Judge Wants To Arrest Little Nate Cofnast Because Cofnast Says Smart People Are Smarter Than Dumb People

Some waffle-stuffed Belgian judge has threatened to toss little Nate Cofnas into a Belgian hoosegow, presumably on the French side where they serve stale cheese, bad baguettes and English wine,…
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Class 83: Why Were Paul Ehrlich’s Predictions So Good (and so Bad)?
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Class 83: Why Were Paul Ehrlich’s Predictions So Good (and so Bad)?

Announcement: I wrote this Class for a general audience. Anybody can read it. And should if they are interested in Science. There's only a little notation, which can be ignored…
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The Great Effeminization of the Academy
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The Great Effeminization of the Academy

An expected and obvious consequence of the Great Effeminization of the Academy is that a great deal of academic output is now about the feelings of academics. From the peer-reviewed…
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The Only Metric That Matters: Or, Pinker’s Folly
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The Only Metric That Matters: Or, Pinker’s Folly

I can't recommend the debate---surely too strong a word; let's instead say the sit-down---between Ross Douthat, a New York Times employee, and Stephen Pinker, an academic, except for one thing.…
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Lancet Discovers Public Health Is Politics

Here is a recent Lancet cover, which itself is an excellent argument doctors, which is to say body mechanics, ought not to be put in charge of public health. My…
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  1. Uncle Mike on Did The Pope Really Say Health Is A “Right”?March 30, 2026

    There have been many bad popes, but also many wonderful ones. Pope Saint John Paul II was, well, saintly. His…

  2. Brian (bulaoren) on Did The Pope Really Say Health Is A “Right”?March 30, 2026

    If our rights derive from God, and if the pope is God's primary interlocutor (Pontifax Maximus) can we sue the…

  3. Robert Arvanitis on Did The Pope Really Say Health Is A “Right”?March 30, 2026

    You are correct in one point. The American enterprise, unlike all previous societies, is for all Men. Not based on…

  4. Brian (bulaoren) on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026

    Logic, empiricism, wisdom... These solvents are without impact for people who have, so often, survived them. I believe this is…

  5. spetzer86 on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026

    It's interesting that the commenters using AI prove the point that the use of a model yielding apparently random results…

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