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Happy Birthday to US
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How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?
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Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions
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Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday
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Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”
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Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize Ourselves
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Class 89: The Measure Most Modelers Forget: Skill Examples
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The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!
May 13, 2026
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Happy Birthday to US

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Never Use Or Trust P-values (Pagan-Values)

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We Have -12 Months To SAVE THE PLANET
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We Have -12 Months To SAVE THE PLANET

There is a typo in the title. Not the negative. That's supposed to be there. We really do have negative time to save the planet. The typo, or rather inaccuracy,…
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Subjective Probability Is Objective
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Subjective Probability Is Objective

Because certain forms of Bayesian probability, particularly so-called subjective probability, are being taken up in quantum mechanics, it's well to understand just what subjective probability is, if it's anything, and…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Things Which Looks Miraculous But Aren’t
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Things Which Looks Miraculous But Aren’t

Previous post. Always seek for the genuine article. HOW SPIRITUAL SUBSTANCES DO CERTAIN WONDERFUL THINGS WHICH, HOWEVER, ARE NOT TRULY MIRACLES 1 It was Avicenna's position that matter is much…
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The Week In Doom — Bugmen Eat Bugmeat Edition
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The Week In Doom — Bugmen Eat Bugmeat Edition

Item You will be eating replacement meats within 20 years. Here's why At the same time, concerns about how to feed this expanded populace, along with the impact meat has…
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The Official Death Of Superhero Movies
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The Official Death Of Superhero Movies

Not all news is bad. Like this: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer are ready to save the world on the set of their superhero movie Thunder Force. Here's a live-action…
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The Theology That Justifies Everything
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The Theology That Justifies Everything

This might seem like inside baseball, but it's worth reading because what happened gives a solid indication of the new world religion that is taking shape. Fr Martin tweeted this.…
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The Pozzing Of Medicine Continues,  Lancet Editor Edition
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The Pozzing Of Medicine Continues, Lancet Editor Edition

Listen to this first; it's only a minute. https://twitter.com/DoctorsXr/status/1187377667928141824 My transcription: My name is Richard Horton and I'm editor of The Lancet. The climate emergency that we're facing today, being…
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Cardinal Richelieu On The Necessity Of Non-Education
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Cardinal Richelieu On The Necessity Of Non-Education

This excerpt is from The Political Testament of Cardinal Richelieu, chapter II (1642); numbers and paragraphifications have been added to aid readability. (1) Because a knowledge of letters is entirely…
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