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One Book To Rule Them All: Everything You Believe Is Wrong

Everything You Believe Is Wrong will drop on 1 December. Three short weeks. Pre-order it, in paperback or e-book forms, now: Amazon paperback, Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Walmart (not…

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A Christmas Carol Revisited — Guest Post by Richard Law

Richard Law is a retired web engineer and writer living in Switzerland. 'Tis the season for Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) deservedly popular tale of the time-travels of Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas…

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Don’t Be So Mean

This was inspired by a hilarious email I received. ...and that, gentlemen and ladies, is why the mothers who organize and bring their children to drag time story hours at…

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A Coincidence: Coyne Zinged Me Before I Him — Or, The Coyne Fallacy Redux

After posting yesterday's article, Jerry Coyne Doesn't Have Free Will (poor fellow), I immediately saw hits coming to my place from Coyne's. It turned out that, unbeknownst to me, the…

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Winner Announced in What Do You Call A Believer In Scientism Contest

More than 50 people entered some 100 words. I grouped these into three-plus-one categories: Honorable Mentions, Runner Ups, and Top 10. But there can be only one! Winner, that is,…

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Is There Free Will? A Conversation With Dr. Sam Hurtus

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1MbL6wbg1Y&w=560&h=315] I got the idea for this from regular reader Jim Fedako, who points us to a cute video showing the screwiness of p-values. Turns out the video was…

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The Reason Rally Fizzles

An army; well, a brigade; or anyway at least a couple of battalions of Brights milled around the mall in Washington DC on March 24---various estimates gave "highs are around…

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Scam Targets Anti-Apartheid Environmentalists Concerned About Climate Change

The headline boomed "CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS FUND ($900.000.00)". Even better, it was sent from the Nelson Mandela Foundation (nmf.unfccc12@att.net). Subject: Climate Change Awareness Fund. The opening line is a teaser,…

Colbert on Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support IsraelApril 18, 2024
Religiously, morally, historically, there's no argues for Israel. Especially religiously. Actual judaism is just a rabbinic scam, created 19th centuries…
Cary D Cotterman on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
How to think begins simply with thinking, instead of just hearing and obeying. Every time we think for ourselves, our…
Hagfish Bagpipe on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
That was a fun discussion. Never heard of Thorin, loved his scottish brogue. He has a good mind that makes…
Milton Hathaway on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
"the mere presence of an alternate explanation is useless" This brought to mind the latest reincarnation of the UFO (UAP?)…
Nate on Briggs You Tool! UFOs Are Real & Driven By Top Secret American Pilots, Insists ReaderApril 18, 2024
Damn this is from June. You just reposted on Twitter and here i am thinking it's today's post.