My goodness, there seems to be a lot of cats running around! And a whole lot of empty bags lying about as well. It reminds one of the ‘As I was Going […]
The Ultimate Conspiracy Part I– Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Classic Posts
Classic Articles There is over twenty years worth of material on the blog on wide-ranging subjects. First stop is the category drop-down menu, to the right on large screens and at the […]
My Genes Made Me Vote For Obama: Predisposed Reviewed
Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences by John Hibbing, Kevin Smith, and John Alford. If a conservative is a person who clings to what is, who resists change and […]
10 Misunderstood Scientific Ideas
Friday, time to relax. From reader Ken Steele comes a link to io9’s “10 Scientific Ideas That Scientists Wish You Would Stop Misusing” which will be fun to peruse. Can we think […]
Predictions 2013—Register Yours Today!
Time for our annual guessing game about what’s to come for 2013. The predictions we made for 2012 will be posted and analyzed tomorrow. We have one week to enter our predictions, […]
Oscar Predictions: Money, Men, & Maturity Make The Difference
Last year, my number two son1 and I created a model to predict the Oscar winning movie (the original post, and the follow up). We found the following characteristics most predictive of […]
What A Prediction Is And What It Is Not: Part III
This inescapable fact, that the conditioning evidence is only assumed and is therefore subjectively defined, is responsible for much acrimony about accuracy. Thus the reason we attempt to eliminate wiggle room and […]
The Twinkie Defense Defended: Soda Pop And Violence In Teens
In 1979, Dan White1 was tried for the assassinations of San Francisco city district Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. His lawyers argued that he had diminished capacity and was unable […]
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