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Increasing Replication Of Un-Reproducibility In Science

Best science picture of the year, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal (and thanks to reader Dan Hughes): In just the last decade---ten mere years---the number of "peer-reviewed" journal articles…

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Why There’s No Point To Arguing About Abortion

I lifted that title, word for word, from (atheist, self-admitted man-of-the-left, City College emeritus Professor of Sociology) Steven Goldberg's article of the same name from his must-read Fads and Fallacies…

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More Bad Language

We've already done issue (as an asinine synonym of problem), raising awareness (rampant self regard combined with the belief of education as panacea), questions raised (a cheap journalistic trick). Today…

Culture

“Bring Who Did It To Justice” and Other News Words I Hate

Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American, who, preliminary reports indicate, is not a member of the Tea Party, has been arrested in connection with the Times Square bombing. Officials think that either…

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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…

Statistics

Can Catching A Cold Make You Fat?

Jeff Schwimmer and his University of California-San Diego colleagues seem to think so. In a press-release that is being cut-and-pasted across across the internet, Schwimmer tells of a study he…

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Global Warming Causes Death

Work is catching up to me this week, so today only the briefest of reports, with the promise of a return to regularity after this weekend. Also keep those post…

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Ecoheroes For the Climate Join Global Warming Superheroes!

Remember Global Warming Superheroes? A site where I---cough, cough---made villain of the day? While glancing through my logs, I was led to Timberati: Reasonably green thoughts. The folks there were…

Paul Murphy on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 25, 2024
Further,.. after writing the comment above I put some ribs in the smoker and have been watching the thing ever…
Cary D Cotterman on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 25, 2024
So, even on Musk's Twitter ("X", whatever), it's forbidden to quote what a prominent historical figure historically akshually said?
Cary D Cotterman on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 25, 2024
I was kicked off Twitter for specious reasons and tried appealing, over and over. The responses I got, when I…
John Pate on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 25, 2024
I got banned from twatter and refused reinstatement for unspecified crimes. The proximate tweet was an assertion the NHS is…
Paul Murphy on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 25, 2024
umm, doc? I have two pieces of what you need most here - unsolicited advice. 1 - the use of…