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Robert Heinlein And The Distinction Between Scientist vs Academician

Christos Argyropoulos â€(@ChristosArgyrop) asked me to comment on his post of the same title at the blog Statistical Reflections of a Medical Doctor. Heinlein: One can judge from experiment, or…

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Boo! @1 Taiwan's new military uniforms are Halloween scary. Yikes! Link @2 Received several emails from "Jesus" (from a dummy account) who insisted, "1900 - 1.6 Billion People; 2012 -…

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Why Falsifiability, Though Flawed, Is Alluring: Part II Climate Model Example

Three-card Monte Pseudo FalsificationRead Part I Take the various theories of the doom which await us when global warming finally strikes. Like Sharknadoes. Or, better, take the theory of global…

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Sharknadoes To Increase Due To Global Warming

So the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says it is now 95 percent sure the climate has changed and some of the change is due to mankind. It should…

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@1 False widow spiders on the march! Under orders from global warming. Link @2 Washington Post's astonishing database of non-profit shenanigans. The big secret is millions go missing from NGOs:…

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@1 Characteristics of Near-Death Experiences Memories as Compared to Real and Imagined Events Memories Link @2 Dogs are not people too. Even though this guy says Science says they are.…

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Why Falsifiability, Though Flawed, Is Alluring: Part I

A theory is said not to be scientific unless it is falsifiable. This is an understandable definition, but as something philosophically useful it fails because most theories scientists hold are…

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@1 Russell "My Bookie Wook" Brand (shades of Jon "I'm a Comedian" Stewart) edits The New Statesman; quotes Sophocles. Readers die of embarrassment. Link @2 Did Hitler flee bunker with…

hudbwu on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 20, 2024
All correct. Slavery had to be specially justified and strictly limited because nobody was inherently worthy of slavery. Therefore, all…
TFBW on Lesson 13: No “Fair” Dice & Jaynes SymmetryJuly 20, 2024
If nothing else, this lecture is giving me pause to reconsider some of my presuppositions. I'm not too satisfied with…
Hagfish Bagpipe on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 20, 2024
Johnno: "It’s like a panacea, but in reverse." Good one.
Johnno on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 19, 2024
Have the reporters asked the White House if perhaps another booster might help the Biden? A certain someone said it…
Johnno on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 19, 2024
Technically, the Church had and used slaves. And even the Old Testament allowed for slavery under certain conditions. For example,…