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The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie Tomorrow

Posted by By Briggs November 26, 2025
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Antichrist, by Saint Robert Bellarmine

Posted by By Briggs November 25, 2025
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Two New Papers: Atmospheric Ammonia Modeling
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Two New Papers: Atmospheric Ammonia Modeling

Both of these are in review at "peer review" journals, because as we all know, peer review guarantees truth. Lot of people use what's known as the Ryden & McNeil…
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Researchers Say Thoughts & Prayers Are Harmful, Confirmed With Wee P-Values
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Researchers Say Thoughts & Prayers Are Harmful, Confirmed With Wee P-Values

I don't know if Wall Street has a Science fund. If they do, short it. Why? Take this peer-reviewed paper by the two ladies Linda Thunstrom and Shiri Noy in…
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The Moral Reason for Free Will — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor
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The Moral Reason for Free Will — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor

Do human persons have free will? I would say so. And I will expound on a fairly common yet powerful argument for the existence of free will, viz., that moral…
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Those-Who-Enjoy-Sodomy Attacked With Tanning Salons! Wee P-Values Confirm
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Those-Who-Enjoy-Sodomy Attacked With Tanning Salons! Wee P-Values Confirm

To prove that we are indeed doomed, and that we haven't even come close to hitting the bottom of the bottomless Pit Of Progress, this Newsweek headline: TANNING SALONS COULD…
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Draft Realist Catholic Climate Declaration: Please Share!
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Draft Realist Catholic Climate Declaration: Please Share!

Here we are, friends. As promised, Draft 2 of the Realist Catholic Climate Declaration. Draft 1 is at the bottom, with a summary of critiques. The goal is to have…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: God Can Product Effects Without Proximate Causes
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Summary Against Modern Thought: God Can Product Effects Without Proximate Causes

Previous post. Miracles are possible. This chapter is only an introduction. In two weeks, we get to the meat of miracles. THAT GOD CAN WORK APART FROM THE ORDER IMPLANTED…
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The Week In Doom — Extreme Transphobia Edition
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The Week In Doom — Extreme Transphobia Edition

Item https://twitter.com/rachelvmckinnon/status/1178619997704327168 A man preferring a woman over a man pretending to a woman, and vice versa, is now "transphobic". This ramping up of insanity was expected, at least among…
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ADL Lists 100%, Boots, Okay Sign, Bowl Cuts As “Hate” Symbols
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ADL Lists 100%, Boots, Okay Sign, Bowl Cuts As “Hate” Symbols

The fund raising organization known as the Anti-Defamation League defamed basketball coaches the world over for their use of "100%", which is now an official "hate" symbol, and therefore "anti-Semitic".…
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  1. Rudolph Harrier on The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie TomorrowNovember 26, 2025

    I've always hated this problem. It's nonsensical, but it's presented as though there is a single way to interpret it…

  2. Paul Fischer on The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie TomorrowNovember 26, 2025

    The answer is 0. This is just a geometric series but it's INFINITE. No way will there ever be no…

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    There are apples in the sack at midnight. I offer three distinct proofs. 1) The countably infinite steps are (+10…

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    This is why I hate probability. But here's my take, and I'll go with P=0. Each action, addition and removal,…

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