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How Many People Are Dying & Of What These Days
Been a long while since we updated the coronadoom numbers. The big reason for our tardiness is the CDC is always late in reporting numbers, by at least eight weeks,…
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How Many Digits Do You Report? A Surprising Answer
Question from Anon (with added paragraphifications): Message: Dear Dr Briggs, I am a lay man in statistics, who has tried to avoid this kind of sport as much as possible,…
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“No Convincing Evidence That Depression Is Associated With, Or Caused By, Lower Serotonin Concentrations Or Activity”
That lack of, or low, serotonin drives "depression" is a medial truism, say many. Those who say it most strongly are those companies manufacturing chemicals to boost serotonin levels (or…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Confession Must Be Serial
Previous post. As last week, falling from grace after receiving it happens. Confession is only for the past. THAT A MAN SINNING AFTER THE GRACE OF THE SACRAMENTS CAN BE…
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Why The “Climate Emergency”?
The powers that run Biden are pushing him to declare a "climate emergency." I don't know the exact strengths and motivations of the elites touting this inside the White House,…
Posted inCulture
San Francisco Proves Asians Are Horribly Racist To Blacks
The San Francisco Board of Education released a slew of stats on high school performance, broken down by race. We knew the answers in advance: Asians do best, then whites,…
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A People’s History of COVID-19
This essay first appeared at Mars Review of Books. SCIENCE Listen to The Science! Here is what The Science said: Stay inside for two weeks and we’ll flatten the curve.…
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Probability is Logic
I was reading a draft of a book our own Fr John Rickert's is working on. Visual Logic: Seeing Classical and Modern Logic: An Introduction, a neat little handbook showing…