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“Media Powerhouses Don’t Quite Get Religion.”
Some fellow named Dean Baquet, New York Times Executive Editor, was holding forth about the election on your tax-dollar-supported NPR (Slogan: You have to pay, but you have no say),…
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Stream: Who’s Better At Playing Doctor, Boys Or Girls?
Stream: Who's Better At Playing Doctor, Boys Or Girls? The NBC News story "Female Doctors Outperform Male Doctors, According to Study" makes these bold claims. Patients treated by women are…
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Pascal’s Mugging Is Silly: Events Don’t “Have” Probabilities
Before we begin, see this similar article about a different mugging scenario, which demonstrated that all probability is conditional and that decision isn't probability. Here's the serious version of Pascal's…
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Russia As Salvation Of The West: Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
If you please, I shall be bold. Bold enough to utter the word. The word that describes Russia in a nutshell. The one word. Because that one word is what…
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Statistician to the Stars For Hire!
Herein our semi-annual reminder that the purpose of this blog is mercenary. Filthy lucre is both impetus and goal of its daily readings. Moola, the spondulicks, the government's glory, the…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Intellect Is Not A Temperament
See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. We're still…
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I Get Complaints
From reader R: Hey! I like your posts on statistics. But your posts on marriage equality, gun violence, climate change, diversity etc. are incoherent rants. It sounds like you start…