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Experts Say People Aren’t Smart Enough

Public Policy Polling's Tom Jensen said recently, "The first lesson you learn as a pollster is that people are stupid." Jensen represents a common attitude among media denizens that ordinary…

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What I Will Do When I Win The Lottery

This will be my last blog post. At least, my last for some time. For I have bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket, whose face value is reportedly $540 million…

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Climate Denial And Slavery

A common trope among academic philosophers, academic sociologists and the like---people without training in physics, that is---is to compare skepticism of the most shocking climate prognostications with belief in, and…

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Do Conservatives Distrust Science More Than Liberals?

Science versus Scientism That, anyway, is the latest question making the rounds in the science wars. The simplistic answer, the one de rigueur on campuses and newsrooms, is "Yes." Why,…

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Tennessee Votes To Teach Uncertainty In Science. Result?

What do you think of this? Tennessee has enacted a law (HB 0368-SB 0893) which states (emphasis mine): This bill prohibits the state board of education and any public elementary…

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The War On Women Rallies

A woman does not have a right to do anything she wants with her own body. Neither does a man. Neither do you, dear reader. Nothing can be clearer…

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More Analytical Thinkers Are Atheists: Study

Analytical thinking in action (source) Somebody some enterprising young academic, not realizing he should keep his mouth shut before attaining tenure, will publish a study which examines the bizarraries found…

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Academic Pscyhologists Over-Rely On WEIRD People: Overconfidence Results

It was just over a month ago that tears of joy came to my eyes while reading an academic paper. This was Simmons et alia's "False-Positive Psychology : Undisclosed Flexibility…

Briggs on Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help RequestedApril 25, 2025
Maypo Horses used to be "bated", i.e. fed. So I guess it means "breath which stinks of eating."
Maypo on Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help RequestedApril 24, 2025
I've never understood the concept of "bated breath", but count me as waiting eagerly.
bruce taylor on Class 47: Billions Of Models!April 24, 2025
There are both brain wave studies (Stanford 2024) and brain chemical studies that point to distinct differences between sexes. These…
Briggs on Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help RequestedApril 24, 2025
Maypo. Excellent question, and one we cover starting next week, if you don't mind waiting. Quick answer: it ain't easy.
Maypo on Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help RequestedApril 24, 2025
Hey Dr. Briggs, I think I generally follow your arguments and agree with them. What I am struggling with is,…