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Class 62: Die P-value, Die! Die! Die!
August 21, 2025
Research: Solar Activity Causes High Blood Pressure
August 20, 2025
The Key Role Of Probability & Chance In Science
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On The Cult Of The Victim & Why We Must Reject It
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Class 61: Does This Guy Have ESP? II
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Funding Increases To Foster Even More Cheating In Science
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Compulsory Moral Bioenhancement Should Be Covert Says Academic Who Says Ticks Should Be Genetically Modified To Stop You Eating Meat
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Class 60: Does This Guy Have ESP? 1
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Academics Say It’s Morally Obligatory To Bioengineer Ticks To Stop You Eating Meat
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New Definition Of Death To Increase Organ Harvest Bounty
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Class 59: The Hardest Hypothesis In The World
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The If I Were God Fallacy & Evolution
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Universities Need To Be Made To Lose Prestige
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Only Credentialed Artists Can Appreciate This
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Does Watching TV Cause Autism?
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Peer-Reviewed Research: Men Find Looking At Nearly Naked Women Distracting
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A Week’s Vacation
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Class 58: Hypothesis Testing Is All Wrong
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Class 62: Die P-value, Die! Die! Die!

Posted by By Briggs August 21, 2025
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Posted inStatistics

Research: Solar Activity Causes High Blood Pressure

Posted by By Briggs August 20, 2025
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Posted inPhilosophy Statistics

Space’s 10 Mistakes People Make When Arguing Science

Reader Ken pointed us to Space.com's click-me-click-me! article "The 10 Mistakes People Make When Arguing Science". Since everybody loves numbered lists, I'll duplicate their efforts here, using their mistakes. Isn't…
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On Remaining Quiet In Time Of War

Those who are unwilling to hold this is true will be subject to those who will. Those who cannot defend their beliefs must accept the rule of those who do.…
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Posted inPhilosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s Understanding Is His Essence

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. We're entering…
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Posted inPhilosophy

The Miracles-Don’t-Exist-So-Miracles-Don’t-Exist Argument

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=69&v=0d4FHHf00pY Say something nice: the Miracles-Don't-Exist-So-Miracles-Don't-Exist argument is conditionally true. If miracles are impossible, miracles, it follows logically, don't happen. No escaping the iron cladedness of that (you heard me:…
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Posted inFun Statistics

Masters Statistics & (Some) Predictions

Here's a view of the winning scores from par since the inception of the tournament. The early years saw little variability, but since the 60s there were a lot more…
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Posted inStatistics

P-Value Hacking Is Finally Being Noticed

Since I'm on the road, all typos today are free of charge. Some reasonably good news to report. A peer-reviewed paper: "The fickle P value generates irreproducible results" by Lewis…
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What Evidence Would Persuade You That Man-Made Climate Change Is Real?

Somebody named Ronald Bailey (he isn't anybody I know) at the inaptly named Reason asked the good question which heads this post. Second thought: the question is awful. No scientist…
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  1. McChuck on Class 62: Die P-value, Die! Die! Die!August 21, 2025

    "Faster, pussycat! Kill! Kill!" You can't repeat the mantra enough.

  2. gareth on The Key Role Of Probability & Chance In ScienceAugust 20, 2025

    "I have answered three six questions, and that is enough," Said his father Briggs; "don't give yourself airs! Do you…

  3. Uncle Mike on Research: Solar Activity Causes High Blood PressureAugust 20, 2025

    There is a strong, undeniable correlation between Leftism (Marxism, Democrat party membership, Wokeism, MSM, etc.) and the use and adherence…

  4. Uncle Mike on On The Cult Of The Victim & Why We Must Reject ItAugust 18, 2025

    Victimhood is now several degrees removed from the alleged oppression. Example: the new Spotted Owl Plan Amendment mentions HISBIPOCs throughout…

  5. Johnno on On The Cult Of The Victim & Why We Must Reject ItAugust 18, 2025

    Briggs, you've neglected to mention the final solution to the victim oppressor problem... Baptism. Get baptized! And watch as all…

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