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Enumerated Versus Assumed Powers
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Stats On Extra-Terrestrial Life

From the mailbag comes this question. Dear Professor Briggs, Thanks for your astutely iconoclastic posts. I'm very interested on your opinion as regards the "there's an infinite number of planets…
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Statistics Mailbag

Because of my new gig and then my two-week sojourn at Cornell I am way behind in acknowledging all the emails and blog tips I have received. Nearly all stories…