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On Scott Adams’s Vax-Decision Analysis
February 26, 2025
Against The Anthropic Principle
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Class 40: Welcome To Cause!
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Time To End Bad Science Like This
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2,800 — And Growing — Scientists Butthurt Over Elon Musk Squeal To The Royal Society
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Class 39: Trust Your Equations! (Bayes)
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“Feminism Is A Disease Of The Rich”
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Trump Slashing The Cancerous “The Science” Bloat: Cut Cut Cut!
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On The Probability Of Large Rocks From Space!
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Class 38: Truly Random & Information Complexity
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The Path To Victory
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On Various New Values Of P(Doom)
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Putting The Stargate AI Hype Into Perspective (Stream)
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Class 37: Simulations Aren’t What You Think
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On The Limitations of AI: Predictions
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Lady Lawyers Become — Gasp! — Science Deniers
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Class 36: Paradox Lost
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The Death Of DIE—In University Science
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Vaccine Bullying Is Scientism
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On Scott Adams’s Vax-Decision Analysis

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Against The Anthropic Principle

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The Predictive Skills of Octopii: Paul’s World Cup Prognostications

In Detroit, for that glorious game of soccer-on-ice-with-sticks, we---I still say "we"; you can never separate yourself from your birthplace---know what to do with octopuses, octopii as were: We toss…
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Students Studying Less: Shocking Report

A new campus joke: "Dude, she was all like, 'What's that building? It's, like, so big.' And I go, 'That's the library. There's like so many books." Ha ha ha…
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Symmetry, Priors, Logical Probability, Infinities, and Needless Paradoxes

One reason why some reject the notions of logical probability and Bayesian statistics is because it is said that assignments of probability under symmetry generate paradoxes. However, as I will…
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Lady Wins Fourth Lottery: What Are the Odds?

I'm in the wild blue yonder today; so here is a distraction. Thanks to reader Jade for suggesting the topic. Nobody can scratch better than Las Vegas resident Joan Ginther,…
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Consensus Members Agree To Agree: Breaking Story

The agreement amongst climatologists who agree that mankind will cause devastating climate change is popularly known as "The Consensus." Those who agree with the consensus are part of the consensus;…
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Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest: Kobayahsi Arrested! Records and Statistics

Sonna no uso da! Fuzakeruna yo! Were those the words of ex-champ Takeru Kobayahsi as he brazenly stormed the stage at the ninety-fifth annual Nathan's Hot Dog eating contest yesterday?…
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World Cup Statistics and Predictions for the Final

A prediction (made on Monday, 28 June) verified: Although---and this has nothing to do with the issue at hand---Argentina's goaltender Sergio Romero stinks, and that's putting it nicely. Every shot…
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FBI Homicide Statistics: What Are You Most Likely To Be Killed With?

It's the start of a long weekend and the time for a diversion. It's the fourth of July weekend and our lesson is: if you older than 50, beware strangers…
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