Posted inCulture
Last Debate Open Thread
This debate was a quieter affair; neither side goaded the other into an outburst. The moderator was better than expected. I repeat my complaint. Why have any journalist moderate a…
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On Civil Unions For Necrophiliacs
There has been growing concern over the intense loneliness suffered by necrophiliacs, who feel they are not part of any family or community. Take "Hayden", who, Vice informs us, is…
Posted inPhilosophy
Science Is Now Politics, Says Nature: Here’s Why They’re Right
Nature magazine definitely announced, daring to be doubted, "Science and politics are inseparable". They followed this up with, "We cannot stand by and let science be undermined", and so endorsed…
Posted inStatistics
It’s All Politics Now — Coronavirus Update XXXVI
BOOK UPDATE YouTube is already whacking our interviews about the book. Whacked one clean out of here. Ha ha ha! Get the book our Tech Lords don't want you to…
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Three New Coronadoom Books
Three new books on the doom out this past week, one bad, two good. The bad, the very, very bad, outsells the good ten to one. Let's start at the…
Posted inCulture
Left Tripping Over Themselves To Smash Trump: Update
We'll return to Summa Contra Gentiles after the election. Some pink horror screeched and howled and tried to take down Trump in his town hall, that was stacked and gaffed…
Posted inStatistics
Computer Models Aren’t Science — Guest Post by Robert Kurland
This piece ran originally at The American Catholic, but Kurland graciously allowed us to re-run it here. It is a topic of deep interest for us. INTRODUCTION We keep reading…
Posted inStatistics
Local & Necessary Truths In Mathematical Proofs — And Probability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp06oGD4m00 This video requires little math beyond what used to be taught in college. Its speaker is Terry Tao, who some say is the world's best living mathematician. Its (fun---truly)…
