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The Sixth and Best Way to Fix Statistics
Nature had Five ways to fix statistics, which asked a few folks, some of whom are our friends, how to shore up the sandy soil of statistics. Thanks to Al…
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Prairie Fire in the Classroom: Bill Ayers’s Bloodless Revolution — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen
"We share the belief that education is the motor-force of revolution." ---Bill Ayers, Weather Underground leader, in a 2006 speech at the World Economic Forum in Caracas, Venezuela "John Dewey…
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Russia, America & Influence—the Tsar, the Church, 7th Century Conspiracy? Guest Post by Kent Clizbe
In June 2010, the FBI arrested a group of Russian intelligence officers and agents. American commentators were puzzled at the spies' lack of success in stealing "secrets." Even though the…
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Prince Metternich Predicts Our Future From 1834 & Nails It
I saw a link to an interesting looking article entitled "Conversations With Prince Metternich" from our friend Nick B. Steves, clicked it and jumped right in. IT was in the…
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Are We Smart Enough To Know What Intelligence Is? — WMBriggs Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exQZDW7KN5w Aaron Neville: You're So Smart Michio Kaku on the Evolution of Intelligence That was Michio Kaku on intelligence, getting some things right, some wrong. Let's focus on what he…
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Having A Kid Worse Than Divorce Or Death? Wee P-values Say Yes
When I first ascend to Emperor, after throwing into the dungeon any within earshot who cannot speak a full sentence without using 'like', my first act will be to create…
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Grandmaster: Men Better At Chess. Or, Data And The Underdetermination Of Theory
Update Note the New & Improved title! Chess Grandmaster Nigel Short caused a stink, reaching oooo-weee! but not quite burn-him! levels, when he said that men and women are different…
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On The Kaya Identity
A reader asked about my take on the Kaya wars that are flaming at Anthony Watts's place. Here is the form of the Kaya Identity, which is to say, the…
