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Can Microbes Manipulate Minds? Guest Post by Petro Starokadomskyy

Starokadomskyy is at the Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center. He writes about his work in the area our original post "Decline Of Participation In Religious Rituals With…

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Der Spiegel Asks About Global-Warming-Causes-Syrian-Civil-War Paper

That peer-reviewed Colin Kelley et al. paper "Climate change in the Fertile Crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought", which the traddy media is portraying like Wired did---e.g. How…

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Journal Bans Wee P-values—And Confidence Intervals! Break Out The Champagne!

Well, it banned all p-values, wee or not. And confidence intervals! The journal of Basic and Applied Social Psychology, that is. Specifically, they axed the "null hypothesis significance testing procedure".…

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Government Witch Hunt Of Scientists Begins: DOJ To Join In? Update! Inhofe Fights Back

Please help publicize this calumny. Agree with me about this. If---and I only say if---the global-warming-of-doom we have been promised is false, then there is nothing for government to do…

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For The Love Of Models: A Global Warming Allegory

A very odd thing happened in Science. Turns out a famous weatherman has been forecasting highs in the 60s then 70s for New York City all winter long. But the…

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The Quality Of Speeches And Education Has Diminished. Egalitarianism Demands It

Our friend John Cook points us to an analysis, of sorts, of the so-called reading-level of States of Union addresses, and its decline through the years, from the site Priceonomics.…

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Today’s Posts Are At Breitbart

Radio Steve Bannon had me on his radio show Sunday night, which can be caught at Sirius Patriot channel 125. Robert Wilde has a summary of the interview which ends…

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Goon Squad Fails To Distract Public From Fact That Climate Models Stink: Update 3

If you're new to the site, don't forget to check out the Classic Posts page. Our continuing walk through Summa Contra Gentiles is postponed until next week. Feel free to…

trigger warning on Surgeon General Demands Label War Against WineJanuary 14, 2025
My personal favorite, seen in the User's Guide for a steam iron: "Do not iron clothes while wearing"
SHAWN E MARSHALL on Surgeon General Demands Label War Against WineJanuary 14, 2025
What have these experts been drinking or smoking? The totalitarian impulse runs strong among intellectuals until the worst sorts of…
Paul murphy on Class 34: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology IIIJanuary 13, 2025
While the math makes sense, its application to reality suffers because you almost never have the data needed to draw…
Shawn Marshall on Class 34: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology IIIJanuary 13, 2025
I recall when epidemiologists and lawyers were trying to eliminate electric utilities with the claims that em fields cause brain…
Paul Fischer on Class 34: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology IIIJanuary 13, 2025
Should have been cause William. Still dazed by your powerful presentation. All of which is 100% true I might add.