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The Tree Museum — by Kathleen Kaufman

The Tree Museum Kathleen Kaufman Recommendation: don't read I have a fantasy about how humanity will be perfected when I am put in charge. Not installed bureaucratically, you understand, but…

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A poor argument for gay marriage

James Randi, and the rest of the psi-cops, have increasingly strayed from their original---and self-appointed---role of policing pseudoscience and the paranormal, and are instead intent on doing battle with any…

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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System by Paul Fussell

Recommendation: read When Fussell wrote in 1982 (and published in 1983), he said that acknowledging the class divisions that exist in America exist was poor form and that doing so…

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Mini book reviews

This is mostly catch up...I'm spending my free time getting ready for a talk on the 15th... A History of the Vikings Gwyn Jones Oxford University Press Recommendation: read If…

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Relativism: an idea that failed before it started

The Books of Absolutes: A Critique of Relativism and a Defence of Universals William D. Gairdner McGill-Queen's University Press Recommendation: Read Let's play spot the flaw. In 1994, professor Mark…

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What appeal to authority means and what it doesn’t

This article is meant to be the first is a small series of demonstrations of how not and how to argue for or against climate activism. The level of argumentation…

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Breaking the Law of Averages on Amazon

The book is now fully available at Amazon, and should be available in other outlets already or soon. It goes without saying that the book is the perfect Christmas, Hanukkah,…

Johnno on House Cramnibus Funds New Follow-The-Science PanicsDecember 20, 2024
We should offer to pay for our leader's mandatory lobotomies as part of the spending passage. MANDATORY. Cite Biden's state…
Ryan on Class 32: The Evils, Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)December 20, 2024
I think you're being a bit harsh. The authors concluded as follows in their abstract: "[W]e found an excess ALS…
Probability Puzzle Paradox: Which Boxes To Take? – William M. Briggs on A Twist In A Solution To Newcomb’s ParadoxDecember 20, 2024
[…] did Newcomb’s Paradox (so called) years ago, and a twist in premises after that. But I thought it would…
Uncle Mike on House Cramnibus Funds New Follow-The-Science PanicsDecember 19, 2024
I don't understand the desire by dems and reps alike to throttle this country to death before Jan 20. Such…
hudbwu on Probability Puzzle Paradox: Which Boxes To Take?December 19, 2024
Personally, I'd play the expected utility with a perfect Guesser and strategic dominance with an imperfect Guesser. If we'd be…