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The Week In Doom: Hemlock Edition
Dooms other than coronadooms. Item On Earth Day, pope says nature will not forgive our trespasses Pope Francis made an impassioned plea for protection of the environment on Wednesday's 50th…
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Poor Heat
From our very own Ye Olde Statistician comes the tip, "As Rising Heat Bakes U.S. Cities, The Poor Often Feel It Most", a run-of-the-mill NPR weepie, but with a global…
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Anti-Christian JK Rowling Attacked By Lunatics When She Defends Woman Who Claimed Reality Of Sex
On the same day the ACLU invented the term "menstrual equity", here's what JK Rowling said, quoted in case her tweet is deleted: Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever…
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Academics Demand Mandatory Chemical Moral Bioenhancement To Make You More Compliant To Coronadoom Restrictions
The New Mandatory Eugenics: Background We've heard a lot over the past decade from ethicists (so-called) and scientists (don't laugh) who aren't satisfied with human nature, they are not satisfied…
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What Are P-Values?
Contributor William Raynor sets us a task: Hi Matt, ...I'd still like to see if you can write a column about what an empirical p-value really is without mentioning the…
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Post-Approval Drug Failures: More Reasons To Eliminate P-values & Parameter-Centric Methods
Some comments on the JAMA: Internal Medicine article "An International Perspective on Drugs for Cancer: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times" by Richard Lehman. Drugs increase fast, and…
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Return of the Strong Gods by Rusty Reno Reviewed
Reno's contention is that World War II drove people nuts, and that the insanity we see out the window now is the direct result of actions taken to prevent a…
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Catholic Bishop McElroy Endorses Trump, Criticizes Buttgieg
It's being reported Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego has endorsed President Trump for re-election. McElroy didn't mention Trump by name, but he gave the following hints that Trump…
