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How An AI-Machine Learning-Physics-Sociological-Whatever Model Can Be Good For One Man & Bad For Another

A model---which I do not distinguish between a theory---can be useful to one man and useless to the next. "But Briggs, people don't treat theories the same as models." Right:…

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Why Science Is Broken: Hillsdale Speech Video & Transcript Now Online

Video Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLFDjRS_928 And here is Greg's talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VMcIp21mA Transcript I followed this closely during the speech, but did not adhere to it perfectly. I don't have a…

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Nothing Has A Probability: Roulette Wheel Pays Off

There are two essential, crucial things to take from the article "The Gambler Who Beat Roulette", and I beg that you will remember both: 1. You are meant to lose…

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Is AI Really Able To Probe Your Brain & See The Image You’re Thinking Of?

There's a rumor going around that computers can now read your thoughts. That "AI" can pick off images you're thinking about. Here's one of many similar breathless headlines: "The AI…

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The Multiverse Hides The Problem It Was Supposed To Solve, And Calls It Solved

Let's end the review of Sabine Hossenfelder's book. We did some already: Emergence, Entropy, and Many Worlds. With this post, we'll have covered the most interesting topics. Old Hoss, and…

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Broken Science Talks Now Online

Our first ever Broken Science event was in February, and the talks are now online. Watch them all here. These are all up late because the sound was busted, and,…

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Modulation of Ice Ages – Without CO2 — Guest Post by Ralph Ellis

Ellis sent me his paper "Modulation of Ice-ages via Precession and Dust-Albedo Feedbacks" in Geoscience Frontiers, and I found it rather intriguing. To greatly simplify: CO2 is good for you,…

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Lawyers Seek To Add Stock Of Lawyer Jokes By Demanding Oil Companies Be Prosecuted For Homicide

We would none of us be shocked to learn a lawyer has latched onto a lawsuit designed to squeeze a wealthy corporation, a corporation whose business is no longer fashionable…

Johnno on England’s Rulers Insist Natives Must Assimilate To “Migrants”January 10, 2025
Par for the course from a country whose King threatened many so that he could have a diversity of wives.…
Plantagenet on England’s Rulers Insist Natives Must Assimilate To “Migrants”January 10, 2025
I am puzzled Briggs! Why have you used a picture of, what appears to be, Kemi Badenoch? She is the…
Uncle Mike on England’s Rulers Insist Natives Must Assimilate To “Migrants”January 9, 2025
Gauss and Euler were not English, but that misses the point. Which is that any government that fails to protect…
Cary Cotterman on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 9, 2025
1. There will be more assassination attempts on Trump. 2. Impeachment attempts on Trump will resume. 3. It won't rain…
Gail D Finke on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 9, 2025
1) Kamala Harris will very briefly be the first woman president before Trump is inaugurated 2) Germany will try to…