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Swear Fealty To Diversity, Or You’re Out
I've told the story a dozen times, but allow me to bore you with it once more for the sake of new readers, and for emphasizing the story below. The…
Posted inPhilosophy
Science Is Magic & Miracles Aren’t
What is it a witch is doing when she mixes up some foul concoction, or lights a black candle, or casts a spell? I am not asking what her intent…
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Making P-values Weer To Achieve Significance Won’t Help
Mini-paper out in JAMA by Matt Vassar and pals: "Evaluation of Lowering the P Value Threshold for Statistical Significance From .05 to .005 in Previously Published Randomized Clinical Trials in…
Posted inClass Statistics
The Controversy Over Randomization And Balance In Clinical Trials
There was a paper a short while back, "Why all randomised controlled trials produce biased results", by Alexander Krauss, in the Annals of Medicine. Raised some academic eyebrows. Krauss says,…
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An Illustration Of Type I Scientism
Regular readers will recall there are two Types of Scientism. Type I is belief that Science is needed to verify commonplace truths. Type II is the belief that only Science…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Limits Of Our Knowledge Of God
Previous post. There are limits to how well we can know God. THAT THE CREATED INTELLECT DOES NOT COMPREHEND THE DIVINE SUBSTANCE 1 However, since the type of action appropriate…
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Insanity & Doom Update LXV
Item The Future of American Sexuality and Family: Five Key Trends How many Americans have entered into civil same-sex marriages? It's hard to say, since same-sex households themselves have never…
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Black Coffee Drinkers Are Sadistic Psychos: It’s Science!
Headline New study says you might be a psychopath if you like black coffee A new study from the University of Innsbruck in Austria says that people who drink their…
