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The Equality Paradox
July 9, 2026
My Horrible Interaction With AI
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SOON
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The Court’s Slow Theft Of The Constitution — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
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Happy Birthday to US
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Never Use Or Trust P-values (Pagan-Values)
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Musk Doges Deaths: Researchers Say USAID Absence Kills Kills Kills!
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The Intellectual Capacity Of Women by David Stove
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Marbles!
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Class 92: Simple Optimal Decisions: PSA & Cancer Example
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Math Is Epistemic Violence, Says Lady Academic
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Truly Random Numbers Found?
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Class 91: Try Not To Use the ROC Curve & AUC
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Climate Change Increases Risk of Even Slower World Cup Games!
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The Ultimate IQ Test: Guessing the Author’s Mind and Escaping the Infinity of Answers
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Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?
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No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders
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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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Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer
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Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday
May 21, 2026
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The Equality Paradox

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My Horrible Interaction With AI

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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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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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