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Climate Change & Gun Violence Research — A Mini-Play In One Act

SCENE: A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY DRAMATIS PERSONAE: TWO AGING PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMICS "Hey, dude, we're, like scientists. Maybe we should, like, do some research." "Yeah, man. Do research." "Do research. We definitely…

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We Know Our Son Is Our Daughter: A Mini-Play In One Act

Say, Jesse, how ya been? Step in any more poop on the golden streets of Frisco? "Very funny. You know, that's awfully close to being racist." That so? What can…

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A Priest And A Reporter Walk Into A Bar — A Mini Play In One Act

This post originally ran 6 October 2012. PLAYERS: Father Quinn, in uniform. A Bartender, Murphy, in uniform. A reporter, Bradford, looking hip. Other patrons may be added as set dressing,…

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God Catches Cooties From Man; Michigone & Oregone Mull PERMANENT Mask Mandate; More — Coronavirus Update LXII

VATICAN CATCHES A COLD So the Vatican is holding a health conference, promoting it using an image like the one in Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, where God gives life to man.…

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Paper Says Social Distancing Doesn’t Work; Lockdowns Don’t Work; Deaths At Yearly Low; More — Coronavirus Update LXIII

Look for new plots in the update below. A RARE SIGHTING I will join this robust list of malcontents, lunatics, deniers, outcasts and iconoclasts in my speech, "Fools! I will…

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How Did We Do On Our 2021 Predictions?

How'd we do? Put it this way: none of us would have won any awards. Here is the list so you can follow along (perhaps open in a new window).…

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Coronavirus Update IX: End Game—Will Politicians Double Down On Fear Or End It?

All the good stuff, caveats, code, data sources and explanations are linked, some in Update III, and the most important in Update II, Update IV, Update V, Update VI, Update…

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Researcher In AI Responds To Criticisms

I received this thoughtful, and may I say highly accurate, email from reader EN, which I include in full below. I removed the age and name to protect EN's identity.…

Paul Murphy on The Arrogance Of Experts As Conferred by CredentialsOctober 12, 2024
For your astonishment and amazement .. see: "The illusion of information adequacy" by Gehlbach et al on journals.plos.org Oddly, they…
Forbes on The Arrogance Of Experts As Conferred by CredentialsOctober 11, 2024
I'm fascinated with the idea that a PhD degree bestows the holder with expertise and wisdom--that is, beyond the very…
Johnno on Crime Issue Reveals the Real Source of Nation’s Political Divide — Guest Post by ST KarnickOctober 11, 2024
Eh, as many have observed, the Republican'ts of today are always yesteryear's Demonrats. Trump, Tulsi, RFK Jr. and others, all…
C. Cotterman on Crime Issue Reveals the Real Source of Nation’s Political Divide — Guest Post by ST KarnickOctober 11, 2024
Most of those who formulate and push the Democrat agenda are evil. Some are stupid. Those who think it's a…
Phileas_Frogg on The Arrogance Of Experts As Conferred by CredentialsOctober 11, 2024
The perpetual struggle between the nominal and the real once more rears it's ugly head. 99% of all philosophical disagreements…