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A Wandering Mind Is An Unhappy Mind?
The gentleman who runs Shadow To Light asked me to take a look at a paper which Sam Harris approvingly quoted. The 2010 peer-reviewed one-page paper shares today's title (sans…
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William M Briggs, “Statistician To The Stars”, Now A Thought Leader
Some unexpected travel today, so a friendly reminder the purpose of this blog is, at base, mercenary. Hire me. Ask me to come and give a talk. FOR IMMEDIATE &…
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Climate Hustle, Readers Write
Hustling along I was over at the UN yesterday and met Marc Marano, who interviewed me for his upcoming documentary tentatively titled Climate Hustle. With fedora jauntily tipped back to…
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Richard Carrier’s Argument To Show God’s Existence Unlikely Is Invalid And Unsound
In the comment section to an earlier piece of mine on Strange Notions, Richard Carrier invited me to "interact" with him through his article "Neither Life nor the Universe Appears…
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People’s Climate March: The Face Of True Belief #PeoplesClimate
Nice people Ready for a surprise? I liked everybody I met. I mean it. I liked them so much I hated what I had to write below. I liked the…
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Autism And Stem-Cell Derived Vaccines: Deisher’s New Paper
Background Stacy Trasancos asked me to review her post "Why Are Catholics Criticizing Dr. Theresa Deisher?", and in particular the paper "Impact of environmental factors on the prevalence of autistic…
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That Innovation Is Negatively Correlated With Religion Study
Quick Quiz O' The Day: What do you get when you marry an abysmal knowledge of history, a sublime narcissism, an ignorance of the nature of evidence, a perverse hatred…
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More On Randomness
I took this picture yesterday (using my mom's phone: mine can't offload photos) at the start of the cul de sac, at the bottom of which lies the first job…