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What Is A Game Of Chance?
This originally ran 4 December 2015, but since we need it for tomorrow's crucial article on whether fantasy sports are "games of chance", it is best to refresh our memories.…
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The Four Errors in Mann et al’s “The Likelihood of Recent Record Warmth”
Michael E. Mann and four others published the peer-reviewed paper "The Likelihood of Recent Record Warmth" in Nature: Scientific Reports (DOI: 10.1038/srep19831). I shall call this authors of this paper…
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Scientists Hint That Water Perhaps Might Possibly Be Good For Kids
When I was a kid they had these things called drinking fountains in public places. Schools had 'em, too. They stood about yea-high. You'd push a button and water would…
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Gallup On Satisfaction With Gay “Rights”, The Remnant, & The Episcopalian Grounding
Galloping to our doom Surveys of public attitudes in democracies are interesting. When pollsters aren't lying (more on this another day), polls are crude snapshots of the adult "general public's"…
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Uncertainty: Book Update
First, note the New & Improved title! Uncertainty, which was suggested by the book's Foreword author Steven Goldberg, about whom more in a moment. The publisher has the full, complete…
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More Proof Standards Are Lowered Under #Equality: FBI Man Wants To Be Treated Like Girl
One of the worst statistical arguments I've seen was used by our government to settle this case. Don't miss it below. So this Jay J. Bauer wanted to soar in…
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Stream: Designer Babies To Be Super Intelligent?
Today's post is at Stream: Designer Babies To Be Super Intelligent? Word is that "Scientists in the UK could begin genetically engineering human embryos as early as March". But don't…
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Stream: Obama Warns: Global Warming Deniers Now Face the Disapproval of … Business Leaders!
Today's post is at Stream: Obama Warns: Global Warming Deniers Now Face the Disapproval of ... Business Leaders! In his final State of the Union speech, President Obama said, "If…