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Bayes Always Works: An Answer To Senn; Part V

Read Part IV. We're almost done. Only one more after this. There are examples without number of the proper use of Bayes's Theorem: the probability you have cancer given a…

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Unsignificant Statistics: Or Die P-Value, Die Die Die

Must...resist...quoting... from Stephen Ziliak's gorgeous invective "Unsignificant Statistics" (where I stole today's title) in the Financial Post. Well, just a little (all emphasis mine and joyfully placed): Statistical significance is…

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The Unbelievers: The Movie. Richard Dawkins & Lawrence Krauss On Tour

A camera followed two village atheists on their wanderings, spliced together some of their less tedious talks, sprinkled in a few celebrity cameos, such as one by noted scientist Woody…

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Bad Ways Of Speaking About Truth

Easy It is true that all men are mortal. It is also true that 2 + 3 = 5. Yet it is not "true" that all men are mortal, nor…

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Life Isn’t Fair: Part III

We are at the position where somebody thinks a rule, law, or stricture, or the lack of the same, is fair or unfair. The justification for this belief must (eventually)…

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Academics Call For The Killing Of Babies In “After-Birth” Abortions

Update This is back in the news. This (lightly edited) post originally appeared 28 February 2012. Academic philosophers Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva---shockingly working in Australia1, a land where commonsense…

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Same-Sex Marriage For And Against: Part II

Read Part I. Question 2 Allard In question 2, Mr. Briggs asked the question "why two?" and later says that we can't use the historical fact that marriage is traditionally…

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Abortion Safety: Doctors V. Nurses & Physician Assistants & Midwives—Part II

Update 4 Too late. 10 October 2013. Update 4 Moved this to top because the bill allowing non-doctors to perform abortions is on Gov. Brown's desk. He'll likely sign, but…

Cary Cotterman on Register Your Predictions For 2025!January 9, 2025
1. There will be more assassination attempts on Trump. 2. Impeachment attempts on Trump will resume. 3. It won't rain…
SHAWN E MARSHALL on England’s Rulers Insist Natives Must Assimilate To “Migrants”January 9, 2025
Turin and Maxwell - two true extremely high intellects to add to your English Great Men.
Hun on England’s Rulers Insist Natives Must Assimilate To “Migrants”January 9, 2025
This "egalitarianism" does not insist that "all peoples are equal". I insists that all Whites* are inherently bad and all…
Rex8or Legitimax Prime on England’s Rulers Insist Natives Must Assimilate To “Migrants”January 9, 2025
In England in times gone by those found guilty of treachery, treason & high treason often faced the axe, gibbet…
Ray on England’s Rulers Insist Natives Must Assimilate To “Migrants”January 9, 2025
Since gender is just a social construction, it is imaginary. Everytime I see the word gender I substitute the word…