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No posts, class. No power, no internet
Might be days or a week before back. More ice snow tomorrow. I won't see comments, so thanks for understanding.
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MIT Scientists Trying To Invent Zombies
No power at the Briggs ranch, so I won't see any comments. There are two meanings to zombie. The first are walking corpse, one of the rapacious undead who prowl…
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Class 44: What Causes Cancer Of The Albondigas?
This class is a must watch for all; or at least a must read. I've been showing you how badly cause is misidentified in sciences which use statistics. Today a…
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How To Claim Your Specialty Suffers From “Climate Change”
I've told you innumerable times that scientists are good at finding evidence which supports their fancies, and just as lousy, or lousier because of their egos, than others when finding…
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Why Does Science Say Everything Will Kill You?
Everything, Science says, will kill you or ill you. Or cure you. Last week I gave readers homework to go to scholar.google.com and type in "X 'reduces' risk" (or 'increases')…
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The Enormous Rotten Egg Of Government-Funded Science Has Turned Men Weak
Reminder: The Class will now run at the end of the week. Here is a passage from The Enormous Egg, by Oliver Butterworth, written in the mid 1950s. A story…
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Class 43: The Causal Path
Apologies: I meant to have this run on Thursday, but a huge burst of snowy spring came through and knocked out power all yesterday morning. First: Almost all models are…
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The Limitations Of AI: General Or Real Intelligence Is Not Possible
This is Part II of The Limitations Of AI. See Part I: Predictive Ability. Forgive me this banality, but reminders of the obvious can bring clarity: AI runs on computers.…
