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How Failing To Butcher Your Child Became “Child Abuse”

Three females, which I believe is significant, took to the pages of the journal Pediatrics and argued that failing to have a surgeon mutilate your child (for a large fee)…

Statistics

Questions On Statistical Practice Answered

Forgive me my friends, because of reasons I am terribly far behind on everything. Regular posting to resume soon. While back in a post, I was ranting about something like…

Culture

Longhousing The Internet

How many feminists does it take to screw in a new internet? That's not funny! Good joke! On you. The headline "Ofcom poaches Big Tech staff in push to enforce…

Culture

Mandating Too Many Women In Science

Too many of the big stories in our fading empire have to do with the destructive caustic leveling effects of egalitarianism. The Faith of the Enlightenment. Equality is the false…

Philosophy Statistics

The Frequency Interpretation Of Probability Is False: Some Reasons Contra von Mises

What is the chance that "Donald Trump wins the 2024 Presidential election"? Impossible to say, says Richard von Mises, because the event is singular and must be embedded in an…

Culture

Why “Raise Awareness” & “Denier!”?

This paper, from 2013, is making the rounds again: "Meet the Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement" at, and I'm sure you'll believe it, the Smithsonian Magazine. There's nothing remarkable…

Statistics

Undead vs Slimy Science

There is a sharp difference between undead and slimy science. The latter is identified with ease. Take this slice of slime from the paper "Exploring together the emotional impact of…

Culture

The Real Cause Of Climate Grief

Nicolas Gomez Davila said "Cultures dry out when their religious ingredients evaporate." If you want an example of extreme religious desiccation, then look no further than some fruitcake boasting he…

BadThinker on Mark Twain On The Dictatorship Of HealthNovember 24, 2024
And of course Health now also means "medically assisted dying" for those deemed unfit or sad or too white.
Uncle Mike on Mark Twain On The Dictatorship Of HealthNovember 23, 2024
I wish to be clear. I don't need RFKJ or anybody else telling me what I may or may not…
spaceranger on Mark Twain On The Dictatorship Of HealthNovember 23, 2024
I think it was Twain who said that if you don't maintain at least a few bad habits to get…
John Pate on Prominent Academic Asks: When And How Did Statistics Lose Its Way? November 23, 2024
You're a bit hard on old R.A. I vaguely remember reading one of his books. What killed statistics was software,…
John Pate on The Impossibilities Of Quantum ComputingNovember 23, 2024
String Theorists can make a good living with nonsense, so can Quantum Computer enthusiasts. You've just got to hand wave…