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The Tyranny Of Models
From reader Alistair Haimes comes this note about the Imperial College model, a note which will illustrate the tyranny of models. So, the errors in the Imperial College covid-19 model.…
Posted inCulture
The Real Sin Of The Expertocracy With Covid
You're sick. Not doing at all well. You go to a celebrated doctor (God bless you for trusting him) at a major hospital. Guy was recommended by many as knowing…
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How Many Digits Do You Report? A Surprising Answer
Question from Anon (with added paragraphifications): Message: Dear Dr Briggs, I am a lay man in statistics, who has tried to avoid this kind of sport as much as possible,…
Posted inPhilosophy
The Great Grand Bluff Of Science
Everybody knows the story of the turtles. The earth is held up by four large elephants, some say, which stand on the shell of an enormous turtle. When asked what…
Posted inCulture
John Kerry To Peasants: Die, To Save The Planet
It doesn't seem to make much difference whether a man inherits his money or earns it. Once he reaches a certain threshold of the green stuff, there's a good chance…
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You Do Not Hate Rulers, Elites, Experts & The Media Enough
Please watch this (backup link here and here): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI3yU5Z2adI Journalists and reporters for the Regime are not chosen for their intelligence, hence few are intelligent. The intelligent ones are the…
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Unleash The Infected Mosquitos!
Experts are harvesting a mutant strain of wolbachia bacteria, infecting male mosquitos with it, and then releasing those infected male mosquitoes into Hawaiian airspace, in the hopes that these infected…
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Are Caps on Atmospheric Emissions of Human Activities Equal to Traffic Rules? — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
Introduction Capping atmospheric emissions of, say, carbon dioxide, ammonia, NOx, and so on, should be understood as nothing more than setting and enforcing traffic laws. The same would go for…
