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On Over-Certainty In GMO Beliefs
Only a minor point about GMOs today. Here's how the Ars Technica "On GMO safety, the fiercest opponents understand the least" opens: "Science is our most effective means of understanding…
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The Week In Doom — Diversity Statement Edition
Item More Colleges Are Asking Scholars for Diversity Statements. Here's What You Need to Know (emphasis mine) The statements tend to be one page, maybe two. In them, scholars are…
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Theoretical Basis Of Sampling: Reader Question
From Ernst: I was wondering if you could help me as a layman grasp a problem I'm wrestling with. Say I have a large tray and pour a gallon of…
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More Asinine Global Warming Research — Introducing ‘Climate Liar’
This is a follow-up to yesterday's post. None of these "studies" merits a full-scale analysis, but they are silly enough to warrant a moment or two of your attention. Item…
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Another Reason To Cheer For Global Warming: More Male Births!
Men, we must all admit, are the better sex. It something needs killing, you call a man. We're taller and our looks improve whilst sporting a moustache. And talk about…
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How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part X: Verification 1
We are finally at the most crucial part of the modeling process: proving if the damned thing works. Not "works" in the sense that we get good unobservable parameter estimates,…
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What’s With The Sudden Push Against Meat?
Lots of animals eat nothing but or nearly all meat and suffer no ill effects because of it. Man, an animal, eats a lot of it, too, and the evidence…
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Equality Is False — In Aptitude, Intelligence, Ability. What Are The Consequences?
Listen to this: Brothers and sisters: There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; there are different forms of service but the same Lord; there are different…