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The Most Depressing Places On Earth
This post originally ran 30 January 2013. When my number one son was young he saw a TV show in which a group of people were scurrying about in an…
Posted inPhilosophy SAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: The Consent Fallacy Applied To Fornication And Sodomy
Previous post. Our good saint did not use the name Consent Fallacy, but we see it in the first argument. No real comment is necessary here: the saint's words are…
Posted inFun
Spring Break At The Blog!
Due to my Florida sojourn, I am behind on all my work. Thus I shall be taking the coming week off at the blog. Reposts from the early years will…
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What Would Mark Twain Say About Gun Safety?
Spring Training at the Blog. This post originally appeared in January of 2008. Domonic Gaines, the brute, held the gun to the baby's head and...snapshot! As in photograph: somebody filmed…
Posted inStatistics
Thirdhand Smoking: A Triumph Of Wee P-Values
We last did third-hand smoking back in 2011. Even then I didn't think the concept would far. How silly can you get? Pretty silly. Thanks to Dan Hughes we have…
Posted inStatistics
Bayes Theorem and Coronavirus: The Chance You Have It & The Chance You Die
I didn't have a chance to put this in yesterday's update, but I've been asked to do it. It's a classic in every 101 biostat textbook to do Bayes theorem…
Posted inClass Statistics
Coronavirus Update IV — Take A Deep Breath — If You Still Can
Apologies for the duplicate email! I hit the wrong button yesterday and published the incomplete update meant for today. All the good stuff, caveats, and explanations are linked, some in…
Posted inCulture
UN Rapporteur: Give Up Your Religion, Embrace Expert-Certified UNreligion
I don't know the Maldivian word for cohones, but Maldivian UN Special Rapporteur Ahmad Shaheed got him some heuvos grande. Shadheed says any who follows a religion should ignore that…
