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Uncertainty’s A Hit!
It hasn't been a year, but Springer issued its annual report, and, in my eyes anyway, Uncertainty is a hit! From 30 June 2016 through the first two weeks of…
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Insanity & Doom Update VII
Item It's time to take the 'great' white men of science off their pedestals As this latest controversy shows, science also has its monuments to white supremacy. Like Confederate monuments,…
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God Logically Implies A Block Universe Theory Of Time — Guest Post by the Cranky Professor
Does a timeless God logically imply a block universe theory of time? The answer is certainly yes! But before I demonstrate that a timeless (unchangeable) God implies a B-theory of…
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How Suspicious Is It To Win The Lottery Multiple Times?
So this Pennsylvanian named Nadine Vukovich "a Mechanicsburg veterinarian, has claimed 209 scratch tickets, each worth $600 or more, over 12 years. Collectively she's won about $350,000." This streak caused…
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Bad Numbers, Bad Statistics
I am only about two years behind on my emails. Every email folks send me is worthy of a full post, but obviously I am so far behind I'll never…
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On That New Genes & Intelligence Paper
Niggling complaint number one. Big name journals are printing more telegraphic papers than ever before, leaving the meat to ill-edited, hard-to-navigate "supplementary" material. It's a way to get in under…
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Stats from Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple in City Journal reviewing Paul Hollander's From Benito Mussolini to Hugo Chavez: Intellectuals and a Century of Political Hero Worship said (a long but necessary quotation; the emphasis…
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Scott Adams’s Climate Science Challenge
Scott Adams's Climate Science Challenge is of interest---thanks to reader Francsois for bringing it to our attention---because of his name-brand recognition. Here is the gist: So today's challenge is to…
