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Gay “Marriages” In Prison: A Dialogue
Teacher: "Why is it that only two people are married at once---couples, that is to say---and not three, four, or more? Why not triples, quadruples and higher?" Student: "Well, history…
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Probability Three Points On A Line & Measurement Paradoxes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVH4MS6v23U Reader Neil Taylor points us to the video above, which is a jumping point for the larger question (be sure to watch the video first): In [the video] Professor…
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A Coincidence: Coyne Zinged Me Before I Him — Or, The Coyne Fallacy Redux
After posting yesterday's article, Jerry Coyne Doesn't Have Free Will (poor fellow), I immediately saw hits coming to my place from Coyne's. It turned out that, unbeknownst to me, the…
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Jerry Coyne Doesn’t Have Free Will
Edge is at it again, asking named persons "What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known?" Many interesting things to discuss, so consider this the launching of…
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Alexander Dugin & The Pivot Of History: Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
"He who rules East Europe commands the Heartland. He who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island. He who rules the World-Island commands the World." ---Sir Halford Mackinder There are very…
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Predictions For 2017—Register Yours Today!
Once more unto the breach! We did well last year, but we had the advantage of a neat unambiguous set of predictions all could make, i.e. the United States primaries…
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Happy New Year!
Predictions for 2017 and how we did in 2016 will commence tomorrow. For now, lie to us and tell us of your resolutions.
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How’d We Do On Our 2016 Predictions?
This was an interesting year because we had a general dichotmous proposition of interest to many; or rather, two. Who would win the (Republican) primary and who would win the…
