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Stephen Hawking Says Heaven Fairy Story

"There is no heaven; it's a fairy story," said Stephen Hawking to The Guardian. And since the wheelchair-bound physicist is famous, and known to be clever (despite bedevilment by disease),…

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New York Passes Gay Marriage: What Are The Consequences?

Jason and David meet to discuss the new gay marriage law. Jason: "It finally happened! New York passed gay marriage. Now gay couples are the same as straight couples!" David:…

Philosophy Statistics

Peer Review and Proof

Suppose that I today, below, in this post, prove to you a certain mathematics theorem, say, "The Symmetry of Individual Constants." Is that theorem true? Before you answer, consider that…

Culture Philosophy

Martin Gardner, Philosophical Scrivener, RIP

All regular readers will surely know Martin Gardner, writer, philosopher, mathematician, magician, exposer of flim flam. He died Saturday night; according to long-time friend and magician James Randi, peacefully. For…

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Lesson Two Again and Again: Logic is Not Opinion

Everybody: thanks for the emails. I do see them. I'll be answering all on the weekend. Would it surprise you to learn that to graduate with a degree in statistics---BS,…

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Postmodernism and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

Since I am, by nature, a compassionate individual, I had been thinking of how we might Sokal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). It is for their…

Philosophy

Spot The Logical Fallacy!

It's time to play everybody's favorite game: Spot The Logical Fallacy! Each week (or whenever we get round to it), we pull quotations from news reports from around the world…

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I’m Happy To Help, Judith Curry: Overconfidence In IPCC’s Detection And Attribution

Thanks to reader Roger Cohen for brining this to my attention. Atmospheric scientist Judith Curry recently ran a series of blog posts entitled, "Overconfidence in IPCCâ€™s detection and attribution." In…

Uncle Mike on House Of Representatives Suspends Constitution For Its Favorite Victim Group – TWIDMay 4, 2024
My prediction is the riots will not stop but instead will accelerate during Summer and into Fall.
Johnno on House Of Representatives Suspends Constitution For Its Favorite Victim Group – TWIDMay 3, 2024
As the old saying goes... First they came for the white man. And the Jew did not speak up, because…
C-Marie on House Of Representatives Suspends Constitution For Its Favorite Victim Group – TWIDMay 3, 2024
And then there is the African American on the UCLA campus not being allowed to walk the campus, and calling…
Pk on House Of Representatives Suspends Constitution For Its Favorite Victim Group – TWIDMay 3, 2024
Is the right of self determination anything like freedom of association, which Americans haven’t in over 100 years?
Incitadus on House Of Representatives Suspends Constitution For Its Favorite Victim Group – TWIDMay 3, 2024
Hollywood definitely needs a new lineup of blockbuster holocaust films to reanimate any sign of flagging passion.