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“Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!
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“Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!

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David Hume’s Anti-Miracles Argument Is Poor

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Posted inCulture

The Tyranny of Artistic Modernism: Ugly Buildings, Ugly Paintings, Ugly Words, Ugly Life

Title before the colon taken from by Mark Anthony Signorelli and Nikos A. Salingaros's piece at New English Review. No real post today, just quotes from an article which is…
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A Peculiar Prevalence Of P Values Just Below .05

Today's title is lifted directly from the paper of E. J. Masicampo & Daniel R. Lalande, published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. The paper is here, and is…
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Reasoning To Belief: Feser’s The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism — Interlude: Empiricism Is False

Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part Interlude, Part IV, Part V, Part VI. Part Last. In going through Feser's book, many in the comments profess to be confused…
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Reasoning To Belief: Feser’s The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism — Part III

First Things First Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part Interlude, Part IV, Part V, Part VI. Part Last. There is only one truth, and everybody must operate by…
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Stressed Men Prefer Chubby Chicks

Here's a title for you, "BMI Not WHR Modulates BOLD fMRI Responses in a Sub-Cortical Reward Network When Participants Judge the Attractiveness of Human Female Bodies." How about that? I…
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Psychic Cleaners, Emails, & Dialogue

This is a somewhat famous sign on the royal road in Mountain View, California. To economize, the sign is shared by a gypsy and a dry cleaners. I passed by…
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Reasoning To Belief: Feser’s The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism — Part II

Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part Interlude, Part IV, Part V, Part VI. Part Last. Act and Potential TLS is not a complete work of theology or philosophy,…
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USA Homicide Rates: 1950-2010; By Race And Sex

How has the homicide rate changed through time? The Bureau of Justice Statistics of our great government compiles statistics on just this kind of thing. This data arises from the…
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  1. Cary Cotterman on “Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!March 6, 2025

    I live near Loma Linda, California, where temperatures are normally 90 degrees F. or higher at least six months per…

  2. Brian (bulaoren) on “Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!March 6, 2025

    It's not the heat, it's the humidity

  3. Uncle Mike on “Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!March 6, 2025

    Warmer Is Better Rational#473: people live longer in warm climes! Absoheatinglutely. Correlation IS causation. Ha! I knew it all along.…

  4. Paul Murphy on “Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!March 6, 2025

    umm... does it make sense to ask whether yearly climate variability affects lifespans? Michigan, for example, is very hot and…

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    Factor to consider: Florida has a significant number of old folks who immigrated. They then start riding bicycles, walking, getting…

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