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Criticism of Jerrett et al. CARB PM2.5 And Mortality Report

A pdf of this criticism may be downloaded here. The Jerrett report can be found here. Background on this subject can be found here. Overall Author Michael Jerrett and nine…

Culture Statistics

Number Of Ways To Go Nuts To Increase: DSM-V

Here are the official number of ways you can go nuts, according to the peer-reviewed Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The DSM-I started in 1952 with just 601…

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Of Course Human Caused Climate Change Is Real

"In a survey last year by the National Academy of Sciences, 97 percent to 98 percent of climate researchers agreed with the premise that humans are causing climate change." So…

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Are 40 Percent of Europeans Mentally Ill?

Forty-percent of a population is a lot. Imagine a street filled with people---European people. Perhaps they are standing in line waiting for their free health care. Four out of ten…

Philosophy Statistics

What Is Science? Part I

Science says this, science says that. There is no more loquacious entity these days than science. What is it? Climatologists talk of the science. Physicists compliment by saying a fellow…

Philosophy Statistics

Occam's razor: The simplest hypothesis is usually the best. Simplest is easy to understand, and non-controversial, or relatively so. Consternation creeps in with usually. Before that, first understand what is…

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Are You Good At Picking Football Games? Edgehogs

I haven't met a die-hard sports fan yet who hasn't claimed to be able to pick games better than everybody else. Just as I haven't met a gambler who hasn't…

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Spencer’s Paper Reviewed; Remote Sensing Editor Wolfgang Wagner Resigns

Politics In one of the most asinine, self-promoting, sniveling, absurd, nakedly political moves Wolfgang Wagner has resigned, with trumpets blazing, his editorship of Remote Sensing. Why? Because the journal under…

Bruce on Merry Christmas!December 25, 2024
Merry Christmas Dr. Briggs. May the New Year bring you much deserved happiness, joy, and peace. Here is a lovingly…
Michael Dowd on Merry Christmas!December 25, 2024
Merry Christmas Mr. Briggs. Lest talk and more thought is a Christmas message for all of us. May God Bless…
Michael DeLong on Merry Christmas!December 25, 2024
Merry Christmas Mr. Briggs and may your new year be wonderful. V/r Michael
SHAWN E MARSHALL on The Lesson Scientists Never LearnDecember 25, 2024
crucifixion not fiction beginning It is not difficult to conceive that the Divine Christ - He and the Father are…
hudbwu on The Lesson Scientists Never LearnDecember 25, 2024
A Christmas-related thought occured to me this morning and I'd like to share it with the audience here. It's not…