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It’s The End Of The World Again
March 24, 2026
Belgian Judge Wants To Arrest Little Nate Cofnast Because Cofnast Says Smart People Are Smarter Than Dumb People
March 23, 2026
Class 83: Why Were Paul Ehrlich’s Predictions So Good (and so Bad)?
March 19, 2026
The Great Effeminization of the Academy
March 18, 2026
The Only Metric That Matters: Or, Pinker’s Folly
March 17, 2026
Lancet Discovers Public Health Is Politics
March 16, 2026
Class 82: Be More Uncertain (About Models)
March 12, 2026
On Not Reading
March 11, 2026
The Great Smoothing: Another Reason Not To Fear (or trust) AI
March 10, 2026
A Synchronicity Or Coincidence? What Is Behind Curious Events?
March 9, 2026
Class 81: The Second Biggest Error In Time Series
March 5, 2026
The Paper Test Shows Why AGI Is Not Possible: And Why The Brain Is Different In Kind
March 4, 2026
Researcher Imagines Weather With No Human Influence: Concludes Climate Change Hurts Incomes
March 3, 2026
Faith Deposited: Why Godless Science Fails
March 2, 2026
Class 80: Granger Causality; Per Se & Accidental Time Series; Stationarity
February 26, 2026
Scientists Seeking To Escape Criticism Run To The Warmth & Comfort Of Bluesky
February 24, 2026
The Loss of Ephemera — Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell
February 23, 2026
Class 79: Time Series Example
February 19, 2026
The Importance Of Not Making Decisions
February 18, 2026
Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study Seriously
February 17, 2026
AI Is Driving Many Crazy: Our Latest Panic
February 16, 2026
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It’s The End Of The World Again

Posted by By Briggs March 24, 2026
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Belgian Judge Wants To Arrest Little Nate Cofnast Because Cofnast Says Smart People Are Smarter Than Dumb People

Posted by By Briggs March 23, 2026
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The Lesson Scientists Never Learn
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The Lesson Scientists Never Learn

Since it is a slow week, I was thinking about variations on Rupert Sheldrake's idea of morphic resonance, and how these might apply to an Aristotelian philosophy of nature. You…
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House Cramnibus Funds New Follow-The-Science Panics
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House Cramnibus Funds New Follow-The-Science Panics

Our rulers, as much as we criticize them, exceed at one thing. Spending your money. Few rulers in history have mastered the art as well as ours have. They have…
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Probability Puzzle Paradox: Which Boxes To Take?
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Probability Puzzle Paradox: Which Boxes To Take?

We did Newcomb's Paradox (so called) years ago, and a twist in premises after that. But I thought it would be fun to revisit, because I had some new ideas…
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As Woke Falls, What Rises?
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As Woke Falls, What Rises?

In the heat of the Great Awokening, when it burned its brightest, many on the side of Reality tried their hand at defining woke. My own effort was a stubborn…
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Class 32: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)
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Class 32: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)

All can and should read this post! Not just those actively taking the Class. This is an introduction to Epidemiology, a science which has done tremendous damage to clear thinking.…
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Who’s Better at Playing Doctor, Boys Or Girls?
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Who’s Better at Playing Doctor, Boys Or Girls?

Keeping with Fadeback Fridays, which is soon to be an international success, this classic post, which originally ran on 23 December 2016. It's yet another in an endless supply of…
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How The Enlightenment Led To Contraception (And Other Forms of Anti-Natal Behavior)
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How The Enlightenment Led To Contraception (And Other Forms of Anti-Natal Behavior)

We continue our leisurely and in-depth study of the works of David Stove. We're still with his book On Enlightenment. This article is long, so if you're short of time,…
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Science Model Told To Say Masks Work Discovers Masks Work
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Science Model Told To Say Masks Work Discovers Masks Work

Ladies and gentlemen---and you, too, Hagfish---I present to you Science! In the form of the picture that heads today's post. This delightful children's drawing, presumably winning the Special Needs Science…
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  1. Lucy Tucker on It’s The End Of The World AgainMarch 24, 2026

    ????

  2. Cary D Cotterman on It’s The End Of The World AgainMarch 24, 2026

    I have encountered people who believe the lines of water vapor created by hot jet engines passing through cold air…

  3. Cary D Cotterman on It’s The End Of The World AgainMarch 24, 2026

    Nothing in the "Beliefs Scale" about the Sun and Earth just petering out naturally over billions of years, as is…

  4. Brian (bulaoren) on It’s The End Of The World AgainMarch 24, 2026

    Well, at least it isn't cancer!

  5. spetzer86 on It’s The End Of The World AgainMarch 24, 2026

    "Oh Lord, bless this thy hand grenade that it might blow thine enemies into tiny bits by thy mercy"

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