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Let’s Look At All Cause Deaths Again
It's been a while since we looked at all-cause deaths (some of this is for the new readers). This is the one statistic that can't be cooked or juiced; or…
Posted inCulture
Take This Fun Political Quiz Inspired By Canadian Truckers
QUIZ Test your knowledge of politics and political theory with this Fun Quiz! 1. Name the form of government in which it is illegal to criticize the regime. 2. Define…
Posted inSAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: Christ Was Not The Holy Ghost’s Human Son
Previous post. Combining two weeks into one, the lessons being so short. THAT CHRIST WAS NOT THE SON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE FLESH 1 Now, although Christ is…
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Experts—Trust Them!—Discover Coronadoom Misinformation Causes Depressive Symptoms
Gettin' bad out there, friends. Lot of people poppin' happy pills. Pills, that is, designed by Experts to make them happy. Or what Experts say passes for happy. Pills that,…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
Solved: The Best Bayesian Prior To Use In Every Situation
Kevin Gray is back with another question, this time about priors. His last led to the post "Was Fisher Wrong? Whether Or Not Statistical Models Are Needed." (The answer was…
Posted inBook review
Celebrity Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson Speaks — Excerpt From Everything You Believe Is Wrong
This excerpt comes in Chapter 20, Science. First comes the Science Is Self-Correcting Fallacy, followed by the My Grant Was Funded Therefore My Theory Is True Fallacy, which is a…
Posted inStatistics
There Was No Panic In The Similar 1957-58 Pandemic; But Panic Galore For Coronadoom
There is much fun contrasting earlier approaches to pandemics and our Great Global Panic, now entering it's third---and final?---year. Let's take the 1957-1958 Asian (the novel H2N2) flu, the worst…
Posted inCulture
How Much Longer Until The Woke Take Over?
https://twitter.com/ryanburge/status/1410989426440876033 The plot is from Ryan Burge. It is a succinct, though rough, summary of the similarity of metaphysical beliefs held by different birth cohorts in the once United States.…
