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Top 10 Reasons AI Will Never Become Superintelligence: It Won’t Destroy Nor Save Us
October 5, 2026
Viewer Asks: Why Do I Bother?
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Academics Call For The Killing Of Babies In “After-Birth” Abortions
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Irrational Rationalists: Effective Altruists & The Planet of the Ants
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Class 95: Answering P-Value Good Uses Challenges
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Whoring For Climate Change
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Class 94: Quantifying The Unquantifiable
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The MRS Degree — Guest Post by Johnathan Edwards
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Politicians Demand “Right” To Be Protected Against AI
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Class 93: P-values Challenge! List The “Good Uses” of P-value
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Do Dogs Poop In Alignment With The Earth’s Magnetic Field?
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Lewontin’s Other Fallacy: Race & Intelligence
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Fertility Fears Overblown: Tiny Shift in Childless Rate Saves The Species
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A New Kind Of University: Your Comments Wanted
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We Passed Peak “Climate Change” (um) Research
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Top 10 Reasons AI Will Never Become Superintelligence: It Won’t Destroy Nor Save Us

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Viewer Asks: Why Do I Bother?

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Thirdhand Smoking: A Triumph Of Wee P-Values
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Thirdhand Smoking: A Triumph Of Wee P-Values

We last did third-hand smoking back in 2011. Even then I didn't think the concept would far. How silly can you get? Pretty silly. Thanks to Dan Hughes we have…
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Bayes Theorem and Coronavirus: The Chance You Have It & The Chance You Die
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Bayes Theorem and Coronavirus: The Chance You Have It & The Chance You Die

I didn't have a chance to put this in yesterday's update, but I've been asked to do it. It's a classic in every 101 biostat textbook to do Bayes theorem…
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Coronavirus Update IV — Take A Deep Breath — If You Still Can
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Coronavirus Update IV — Take A Deep Breath — If You Still Can

Apologies for the duplicate email! I hit the wrong button yesterday and published the incomplete update meant for today. All the good stuff, caveats, and explanations are linked, some in…
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UN Rapporteur: Give Up Your Religion, Embrace Expert-Certified UNreligion
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UN Rapporteur: Give Up Your Religion, Embrace Expert-Certified UNreligion

I don't know the Maldivian word for cohones, but Maldivian UN Special Rapporteur Ahmad Shaheed got him some heuvos grande. Shadheed says any who follows a religion should ignore that…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Even Private Acts Can Be Sinful
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Even Private Acts Can Be Sinful

Previous post. Getting away with it in private won't cut it. THAT DIVINE LAW ORDERS MAN ACCORDING TO REASON IN REGARD TO CORPOREAL AND SENSIBLE THINGS 1 Now, just as…
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The Week In Doom — Gendering Jesus Edition
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The Week In Doom — Gendering Jesus Edition

Item What Finding Jesus' Private Parts in the Turin Shroud Says About Faith (Tip from Beckett Basketcase) Newly published scientific investigations into the Turin Shroud have identified the outline of…
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Everything You Know Is Wrong — Book Excerpt! There Is No Wisdom In Crowds
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Everything You Know Is Wrong — Book Excerpt! There Is No Wisdom In Crowds

The most controversial book of the year is still on its way! I found two other publishers willing to give it a look, and they're reviewing it now. If they…
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Proof That Music Is Growing Worse
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Proof That Music Is Growing Worse

This post originally ran 28 September 2011, and is in the top 20 of all posts. If I ever do it again, there is much I'd expand on. The basic…
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