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If You Had To Choose “Ignore Or Believe All Academics On Climate Change”, Which Is Smarter?

Update See the Twitter thread (and account) for many more examples. NOBODY has been able to find a word yet that Experts haven't tied to "climate change." Got an email…

Culture

Doctors At NEJM Release Important New Statement: Do Not Get Sick

It's not certain---where I take that word in its strict sense---that the men on our side of Reality are right about how to gain and keep health. Should you slonk…

Philosophy

How The Laws Of Physics Lie

The title is Nancy Cartwright's, from her book of the same name, and from an article which forms Chapter 3, "Do the Laws of Physics State the Facts?" No, she…

Culture

On Why That “In Defense of Merit in Science” Paper Will Fail In Its Worthy Goal

You might have heard of the peer-reviewed article "In Defense of Merit in Science" by "intellectual dark web" members like Peter Boghossian and old-school lefties like Jerry Coyne, John McWhorter…

Statistics

The Less You Know About Climate, The More You Cry About Climate

Some things, the saying goes, are too good to check. Take the peer-reviewed paper "Environmental knowledge is inversely associated with climate change anxiety" by Hannes Zacher and Cort W. Rudolph…

Culture

Why The Inexorable Increase In The Expertocracy: Examples

Our goal, no easy one, is to figure the trajectory of the Expertocracy. Their goal we know. Complete total full control of every aspect of all life under the guidance,…

Philosophy Statistics

There Is No Problem Of Old Evidence In Bayesian Probability

Rationalists, like those at Less Wrong (think Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Alexander), are prone to fetishsize Bayes theorem, seeing it as the key to all thought. It isn't. Bayes is…

Culture

What Are Your Best Theories For Carlson, Bongino, Lemon Firings?

My guess is that the oligarchs pushed out Don Lemon at CNN, and Tucker Carlson and Dan Bongino at Fox, in an effort to cool the flames the oligarchs lit.…

Just me on Russia’s New Paradigm — Guest Post by Ianto WattNovember 30, 2024
Old west rules still apply, even in the age of ....what do we call it......? I call it the age…
PhilH on Russia’s New Paradigm — Guest Post by Ianto WattNovember 30, 2024
Great essay. 1. It’s not winner take all. Game theory? 2. The guy at the table is about to get…
Johnno on Russia’s New Paradigm — Guest Post by Ianto WattNovember 29, 2024
Looks like even Putin is worried for Trump, and understands what's happening in America better than the blues voting 'Muricans.…
Chaeremon on Russia’s New Paradigm — Guest Post by Ianto WattNovember 29, 2024
the [geopolitical] state of affairs does not evolve by trying the same thing again to get better results (aka idiocy…
C-Marie on Russia’s New Paradigm — Guest Post by Ianto WattNovember 29, 2024
Remember, Jesus Christ is the only Saviour. Be His. Believe Him. Trust Him. Have full confidence in Him. Here is…