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Independence Day: Death To The Tyranny Of Liberalism!
"Gimme one of those blue bags." The Enlightened make you pay a dime for grocery bags in San Francisco, where yesterday I did some shopping. "We also have pink. You…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: First Causes In The Distinction Of Things
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. No matter…
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Stream: Under Ash Carter, the Military is Now Looking for a Few Good Men, Women or Whatever
Today's post is at the Stream: Under Ash Carter, the Military is Now Looking for a Few Good Men, Women or Whatever. The first, and natural, reaction to the news…
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Can A Scientist Believe In Miracles? — Guest Post by Bob Kurland
Visit Kurland's site for more. "Miracles always relate to the faith. That is why a belief in miracles is not a vacation from reason, a little holiday from the tedious…
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Another Drake Equation Paper Shows Why Drake Always Fails
We've seen the Drake equation in many forms, none of them very impressive. They all share the same failing, as we'll see. Two fellows, Frank and Sullivan, have another go.…
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You—Yes, You—Are Doing Probability & Statistics Wrong — Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rNCoSp8w9I Download MP3 Fellow users of probability, statistics, and computer "learning" algorithms, physics and social science modelers, big data wranglers, philosophers of science, epistemologists; other respected citizens. We're doing it…
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The Gambler’s Fallacy Proves Classical Statistics (Frequentist & Bayes) Fails
Everybody who's anybody---which makes, as we'll see, a lot of nobodies---knows the gambler's fallacy. Gambler watches the roulette wheel come up red six times running and says to himself, "Black…
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Pride In Objectively Disordered Sexual Desires?
https://twitter.com/NYPD34Pct/status/747135422459940864 Yesterday was "Pride" day. Pride. Pride? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart. No, surely not that kind of pride. Pride goeth before destruction, and an…