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Fertility Fears Overblown: Tiny Shift in Childless Rate Saves The Species

Posted by By Briggs August 27, 2026
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A New Kind Of University: Your Comments Wanted

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“Thomism” is Invalid: A Proof by Contradiction — Guest Post by John Kelleher
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“Thomism” is Invalid: A Proof by Contradiction — Guest Post by John Kelleher

Briggs: My rebuttal is in the comments. For centuries, a welter of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic commentators, with nary a whimper from their "common sense," dutifully repeated Aristotle's statement in…
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How Predictive Statistics Can Help Alleviate, But Not Eliminate, The Reproducibility Crisis
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How Predictive Statistics Can Help Alleviate, But Not Eliminate, The Reproducibility Crisis

Predictive statistics can help alleviate the Reproducibility Crisis by, in a word, eliminating p-values. And replacing them with superior measures more useful in quantifing the uncertainty present. Below is some,…
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Canadian Court Case Calamity; The Dreaded Delta Variant Is A Dud; Masks Don’t Work; Euro “Excess” Deaths; Vexxines; Ivormekton; More! — Coronavirus Update LXXVIII
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Canadian Court Case Calamity; The Dreaded Delta Variant Is A Dud; Masks Don’t Work; Euro “Excess” Deaths; Vexxines; Ivormekton; More! — Coronavirus Update LXXVIII

O! CANADA So a lawsuit was brought against the Canadian government in Ontario, on behalf of Adam Skelly and his company Adamson Barbecue, disputing the painful, harmful, and medically useless…
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Air Force Eliminates Physical Fitness Standards, NASA Thinks Men Are Women
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Air Force Eliminates Physical Fitness Standards, NASA Thinks Men Are Women

To help celebrate your Dependence Day, this exciting news from our boys---and girls!---and its!---in blue: "The new Air Force fitness test will feature walking instead of running and modified push-ups".…
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Happy Fourth of July
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Happy Fourth of July

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We Will Never Really Know What 95 F Feels Like
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We Will Never Really Know What 95 F Feels Like

Headline: "Newark, New Jersey, set a record at 102 degrees with a feels like temperature of 109 degrees." Thus are Newarkians (Newarkers?) denied the opportunity of knowing what a temperature…
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Hating That Which Is Evil & Fined For It
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Hating That Which Is Evil & Fined For It

There are various translations of Paul's letter to the Romans, but while the words differ, the substance remains the same: Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast…
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America Is A Conquered Country Which Flies A Foreign Flag
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America Is A Conquered Country Which Flies A Foreign Flag

It's a practice as ancient as warfare itself. The victor tears down the enemy's totem and replaces it with his own. How many battles have we read about in which…
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    Another thing to model: the age at which the mother gives birth to the children. Mothers who give birth in…

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    Medieval Cathars avoided sexual carnality. They fought militarily against the kings for a time, going down to defeat, while their…

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