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I Finally Read James Lindsay’s Manifesto (Yes, He Has A Manifesto)

Posted by By Briggs December 9, 2025
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The Biggest Mistake In Science Applied To Universe As Simulation

Posted by By Briggs December 8, 2025
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Use And Abuses Of Decision Analysis: Global Warming Example

Suppose we have a simple decision to make1: implement a government-takeover of all energy companies, so as to regulate with thoroughness their carbon budgets, or leave these entities as they…
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A Citizen’s Guide to Global Warming Evidence

Was it only me? I thought Chicken Little dead. After all, when was the last time we heard competent authority shouting "Only the government can stop the sky from falling!"?…
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Genetic Engineering To Create New Super Moral Race: Savulescu Strikes Again

On the road, so here is a classic post from not too long ago. The appalling Julian Savulescu1 is back, this time staining the pages of the British edition of…
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A Statistician’s Lament

Regular readers (those wanting to catch up, click here) will know that the world is far too sure of itself, especially in areas which touch on human behavior, and most…
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Changing Attitudes On Suicide And Euthanasia

We had such fun with abortion attitudes, today this: From the General Social Survey, a picture of the support for suicide and euthanasia by reason from 1977 until 20061. GSS…
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Paul “Population Bomb” Ehrlich Asks, “Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?” Yes, Paul. Yes It Can

Paul Ehrlich in 1968 predicted that a devastating human Population Bomb would immanently wreak untold havoc upon the world. He was later derided, ridiculed, blasted, razzed, heckled, savaged, tweaked, tormented,…
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Support For Abortion by Reason: Mother’s Health Tops List: Attitudes Are Inconsistent

From the General Social Survey, a picture of the support for abortion by reason from 1972 until 20061. GSS questions on abortions are asked of about 1,000 (order of magnitude)…
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Firearm Homicides Dropping.: There Is No Need For New Gun Restrictions.

I rarely ask this, but please link, forward, email, and favorite this post as widely as possible. See below for copying permission. This post originally ran 16 January 2013 with…
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  1. John Pate on The Biggest Mistake In Science Applied To Universe As SimulationDecember 8, 2025

    …another way of putting it, more succinctly: consciousness does not have the halting problem.

  2. John Pate on The Biggest Mistake In Science Applied To Universe As SimulationDecember 8, 2025

    The most straightforward indicator that computers don't have minds is that computers don't exist in the eternal now. They have…

  3. gareth on Class 73: How To Tell If You Have Bad DiceDecember 8, 2025

    Well, having made it all the way through, my takeaways were: 1. The answer to the question, "what is the…

  4. NLR on The Biggest Mistake In Science Applied To Universe As SimulationDecember 8, 2025

    It can't be simulations all the way down because a simulation needs an underlying reality to simulate. But also, in…

  5. McChuck on The Biggest Mistake In Science Applied To Universe As SimulationDecember 8, 2025

    There is only one reality. Our perceptions of it may differ. Reality is real. The map is not the territory.…

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