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More On Coronavirus Model Accuracy

This post is mainly for me to have a place to collect model accuracy stories. If you see ones I missed, please add them to the comments. https://twitter.com/brithume/status/1247666625958023168 Yesterday I…

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The Man In Charge Of The Vatican Says You’re A Fool If You Don’t Believe Athletes Will Run 0.006 Seconds Faster Per Degree Temperature Increase

In my long studied career of insolence and rough defense of Reality, not to mention my general constitutive abrasiveness---I was "born that way"---I have been called every variety of choice…

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Broken Science Epistemological Camp Report

There was another Broken Science event this past weekend in the Phoenix area. Yours Truly was there. I gather the videos will be on line at some point, at the…

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How Many Digits Do You Report? A Surprising Answer

Question from Anon (with added paragraphifications): Message: Dear Dr Briggs, I am a lay man in statistics, who has tried to avoid this kind of sport as much as possible,…

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The Role of Dusty-Ice-Sheet Albedo in Ice-Age Temperature Regulation — Guest Post by Jackie Edwards

Yesterday we learned how poor climate models were because of their over-emphasis on man's influence. Today we have a guest post on one alternate cause. See what you think. The…

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How Not To Think Like A Bayesian Rationalist

Lisping Rationalists When I read people like Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Alexander it becomes clear to me how the French could have built a Temple of Reason during The Terror.…

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Models Only Say What They’re Told To Say

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1260234198578802690 "Trust science!" says Deng (lower down in the thread). Isn't science self-correcting? "Yes, that's why it's so great." Then science is sometimes wrong? "Well, yes, sometimes." So how do…

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The Five Main Reasons Science Is Broken

The five main reasons Science is broken are: 1. Woke & DIE 2. The Expansion Team Effect & Money 3. The Expertocracy 4. Scientism & Scidolatry 5. Bad Philosophy A…

John Pate on Are Caps on Atmospheric Emissions of Human Activities Equal to Traffic Rules? — Guest Post by Jaap HanekampMay 11, 2024
Control of food supply is control of populations. That's what makes it different from harmonizing traffic regulations which are at…
john on Homeopathic PostMay 10, 2024
"Nothingness is not nothing. It is the same with emptiness. Emptiness is not nothing. It is the ground of everything."
nomatter on Do Our Rulers Really Believe What They Say They Believe & What To Do About ItMay 10, 2024
The ones that believe - useful idiots. I have no time or inclination to even debate them. If they don't…
Brian (bulaoren) on Are Caps on Atmospheric Emissions of Human Activities Equal to Traffic Rules? — Guest Post by Jaap HanekampMay 10, 2024
Clearly, a good first step would be a ban on legumes. These malevolent plants are known to contaminate our soils…
Zundfolge on Are Caps on Atmospheric Emissions of Human Activities Equal to Traffic Rules? — Guest Post by Jaap HanekampMay 10, 2024
Even if we accepted the argument that these emissions laws are analogous to traffic laws, if the government set the…