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Uncertainty: Book Update
First, note the New & Improved title! Uncertainty, which was suggested by the book's Foreword author Steven Goldberg, about whom more in a moment. The publisher has the full, complete…
Posted inCulture Statistics
Gallup On Satisfaction With Gay “Rights”, The Remnant, & The Episcopalian Grounding
Galloping to our doom Surveys of public attitudes in democracies are interesting. When pollsters aren't lying (more on this another day), polls are crude snapshots of the adult "general public's"…
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On The Supposed Newly Discovered “Gay Genes.” Or, The Importance Of Model Skill
Great news! The press and activists are touting a study which claims to have discovered the genes that "make" somebody gay. So get your enwombed baby's DNA scanned and make…
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The Pontifical Academy’s Sustainablity Conference Podcast
CLICK HERE TO GET TO THE PODCAST Arrgh. I'm trying out a new podcasting plugin. It puts the podcasts into something-which-isn't-a-post and which is impossible to find. So here is…
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This Week In Doom: Justice Kennedy Says Bureaucrats Should Act Like Nazis?
Kennedy to Faithful: Drop Dead The appalling Anthony Kennedy, supreme justice, invoked Hitler to insist that Christians and Muslims who want to stay faithful should resign from government. Yes. Speaking…
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Having A Kid Worse Than Divorce Or Death? Wee P-values Say Yes
When I first ascend to Emperor, after throwing into the dungeon any within earshot who cannot speak a full sentence without using 'like', my first act will be to create…
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Are Wars And Violence Decreasing? Taleb’s New Paper Reviewed
The vale of tears I've been asked by several people to comment on Pasquale Cirillo and Nassim Nicholas Taleb's paper (thankfully, not peer-reviewed, unless you count this) "On the tail…
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Predictions For 2015—Re-Register Yours Today!
This post is one that has been restored after the hacking. All original comments were lost. Would you mind pretty please making the predictions again? Happy New Year! Hangover? Since…
