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AI & Chess Both Produce Pre-Coded Output
June 18, 2025
The Hubris Of Experts: NIH Edition
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The Mathematics Of Conspiracy Theories. Part 1: Black Eye Club Example
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Class 54: Exchangeability & Parameters
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Over-Certainty Of Polygenic Scores
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AI & The Dilemma Of Technology
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What Are The Chances Thomas Jefferson & John Adams Died On The Fourth of July, 1826?
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Class 53: Laplace Was Right!
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Even The Woke Say Science Is Petering Out
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Expert Nathan Confas: Experts Know Best
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Science Claims 7% Of Adults Saw A Mass Shooting
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Class 52: The Origin Of Parameters
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IQ Is Not Intelligence
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What Are The Chances…George Wendt Dies On Same Day Cheers Ended 32 Years Before?
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Class 51: Bayes Is Only A Formula
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Blacks Have Black Fatigue: Who Is At Fault?
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A Reason The Birthrate Is So Low: Food
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What Are The Chances…A Women Survives Cancer 4 Times To Be Killed By “Random” Bullet?
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Class 50: Independence Versus Irrelevance
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The Nuances and Challenges of Federal Funding for Research — Guest Post by An Academic
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Eggs and ‘PFAS-Easter’ or Selling Fear on the Day of Resurrection — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
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AI & Chess Both Produce Pre-Coded Output

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The Hubris Of Experts: NIH Edition

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This Week In Doom: Paris Open Thread (And Mizzou Tie In?)

Allahu Akbar Those who refuse to say "This is true" must fall to those who will. Hey, Paris, how's that assimilation thing going for you? Come to think of it,…
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Armed Students Take Over Cornell University

A group of militant black students at Cornell "occupied" Willard Straight Hall. They were armed with shotguns and other firearms with which they threatened violence. Why? To protest Cornell's "racist…
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Posted inCulture

Stream: The Joys of Divesting from Reality (And Not Just Oil)

Okay, sisters and brothers, only a handful of folks clicked over to the National Association of Scholars to read their must-read (but not-yet-read) report Inside Divestment: The Illiberal Movement to…
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Posted inStatistics

When Colleges Divest, Who Wins? Hint: Not The Colleges

I don't normally do this, but it's a special occasions. Here's a press release from the National Association of Scholars announcing the release of their report Inside Divestment: The Illiberal…
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Posted inCulture

Universities Like Missouri & Yale? Nuke ’em From Orbit. It’s The Only Way To Be Sure.

A version of this post originally ran 12 November 2014, but given the events in Missouri, Yale, and elsewhere, it is time to up the payload. What happens when you…
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Here’s Why That Study Claiming Religious Kids Are Less Altruistic Stinks. Updates

Update 13 August 2019 The paper has been retracted! Welcome Guardian readers. You should understand this poor study is one of thousands, all of which make similar mistakes. See the…
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Posted inPhilosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: How Virtues Can Be Ascribed To God

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. Some more…
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Posted inCulture Statistics

This Week In Doom: Pew Research Proves Global Warming Propaganda Works

Before we start, you can and must combat propaganda by saying global warming. Do not say climate change. This admonition cannot be repeated enough. Please pass it on. To say…
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  1. Pk on AI & Chess Both Produce Pre-Coded OutputJune 18, 2025

    Suppose I wrote a program to perform multiple linear regressions of varying degrees and varying transformations. The program would return…

  2. NLR on AI & Chess Both Produce Pre-Coded OutputJune 18, 2025

    One might wonder why, after billions of dollars spent building up infrastructure, paying workers to program and "train" (calibrate) this…

  3. Briggs on AI & Chess Both Produce Pre-Coded OutputJune 18, 2025

    Michael, No, it's the code. The code says "Take this X and do this and such to it," where X…

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    The Large Language Models (LLM, ChatGPT kind of thing) use code to process training data. The output is NOT determined…

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    HagFISH. Sheesh

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