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New ‘Children’s’ Book Has Prince Charming Finding True Love With Farm Boy

Stream: New 'Children's' Book Has Prince Charming Finding True Love With Farm Boy Here is a short argument to keep in mind as you read about a new "children's" book…

Fun

Happy 3000th Post!

Happy 3000th Post! I know just how you feel. Like it's 30,000 posts. Still, I am glad you are here. But I have to ask: why are you here? If…

Culture

What Is Communism? Part I — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Editor's note. A particularly apropos (leisurely paced, so relax) essay on the nature of Communism. Recall this is 2017, one hundred years after the successful revolutions in Russia. Just what…

Statistics

A Simple (But Not Short) Stats Question

From reader JH: Thank you again for taking the time to write your blog. It is exceptionally thought-provoking. My job involves much of the six sigma "capability" studies and such.…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: The immortality of the soul, Part I

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. We're finally…

Statistics

To Undergo Chemotherapy Or Not

Headline: "How I used math to conquer my cancer" by Michael Kaplan. Gist: fellow named Reitzen, 45, discovered he had kidney cancer. "The doctor came up to my house and…

Culture

In New Zealand, “Transgender” Wins Weightlifting Contest, River Becomes Person

In New Zealand, "Transgender" Wins Weightlifting Contest, River Becomes Person: Now I ask you, is it strange in a country where a woman pretending to be a man wins a…

Culture

How Will The Dictatorship Arise?

In his now not-often-read The Evolution of Political Thought, C. Northcote Parkinson was "considering the question of how long a democratic phase of government may be expected to last", correctly…

Briggs on Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many!July 23, 2024
TFBW, Fixed. Thanks.
TFBW on Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many!July 23, 2024
The link to Breaking the Law of Averages has been sabotaged by one of your enemies.
John Pate on Academics Have Contest To See How Many Times They Can Say ‘Racist’ In An Article: An IQ StoryJuly 22, 2024
The problems with IQ measurement are very well understood by proponents like Lynn. I once had lunch with a group…
Class 14: No “UNfair” Dice & 1, 2, 3, Many! – William M. Briggs on The Probability Of A Head In A Coin Flip Is 1, Not 1/2July 22, 2024
[…] impossibly perfect symmetry in the device/die and its workings. Did you watch the coin flip video? (Blog, Substack). Now…
Johnno on Covid Is The Boogerman of Maladies: Now It Causes Cognitive Confusion Claim ResearchersJuly 21, 2024
Interesting things being discussed here. I guess it's time to see where this goes... https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/former-pfizer-vp-michael-yeadon-explains-why-theres-no-evidence-for-the-existence-of-any-viruses/ https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/scientists-challenge-fundamental-precepts-of-virology-do-viruses-even-exist/