Posted inFun
Pay Up
Hire Me The government doesn't have a monopoly on research funding. But if you add in the funds of so-called non-governmental organizations---which, as has been noted, announce by their name…
Posted inStatistics
Weight Of Evidence
Some have the idea that there should be a "weight of evidence" that is separate from probability, or in addition to it. Probability judgments are held more or less strongly,…
Posted inStatistics
Notes On AI Accuracy (Facial Recognition)
Here's a tweet (addressed to Judea Pearl), "If you could get rid of all the spurious non causal correlations in a machine-learning model, you would be left with only the…
Posted inPhilosophy SAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: God Uses Angels & Demons
Previous post. The world, Reality, is a much richer place than most of us know. Our good saint proves that angels and demons carrying out God's will is possible. THAT…
Posted inCulture
The Week In Doom — Mandatory Insanity Edition
Item House passes Equality Act to protect against discrimination The bill, known as the "Equality Act," would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other civil rights laws to…
Posted inCulture
Florida Set To Pass Anti-Semitism, Anti-Christian, Resurrection Denial Laws
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will soon sign two controversial Bills into law. The first will classify "anti-Semitism" as "hate speech", and the second will do the same for "anti-Christian" speech.…
Posted inCulture
On Islam, Part II — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Read Part I. Schizophrenic The Koran presents the reader with an immediate conundrum within the first three Suras (chapters). The first Sura is composed of only one page, with only…
Posted inCulture Philosophy
The Consent Fallacy
Warning The links and scenarios have disturbing imagery. The consent argument is so strong in our culture that its truth is almost self-evident. It says as long as two people…
