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Insanity & Doom Update XXVII
Item Homeschooling Parents Would Rather 'Go to Jail' Than Send Daughter to State School The parents of a homeschooled child have said they would be willing to go to prison…
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(Hot) Air Let Out of California’s Global Warming Lawsuit
The California court climate class ordered by a judge has ended---with everybody agreeing the climate has changed. This is good news. It means anybody who calls an oil company representative…
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Uncertainty: The Soul of Models, Probability & Statistics. Chapter Abstracts
This post originally appeared right before the Uncertainty did. Now that we're 1.5 years out, it's time for a re-post. Buy it now, but it today, and buy it again…
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Courting Climate Comedy
The descent of climate science into the surreal is about to take another comedic slide. A judge has ordered the State of California and a handful of oil companies to…
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Infinity — Part 1 of N
We've discussed infinity before, but since the subject in inexhaustible, we're discussing it again. Infinity comes in sizes, as many readers know. What's less appreciated is how these sizes relate…
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Some Doctors Want More People Taking Antidepressants
There are calls for "at least a million more Britons" to be put on antidepressants. This is odd because Britain's National Health Service already "prescribed a record number of antidepressants"…
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Science Is Not The Most Important Subject
Stream: Science Is Not The Most Important Subject What's with all the kowtowing to science among religious folks? As soon as a scientist, or science cheerleader, starts talking about the…
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Did A Man Really Breastfeed A Baby?
Stream: Did A Man Really Breastfeed A Baby? Something's not right. A paper in the journal Transgender Health reports that a man injected with a myriad of chemicals was able…