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Experts’ Tears Flow
THE BLOG IS NOT SENDING OUT EMAILS. I'M CHECKING INTO IT. Conan was right. The best part, at least for now, of the SCOTUS ruling overturning the Chevron test is…
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Class 12: Psychic Card Guessing & The Proportional Syllogism
Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science Link to all Classes. Video Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute (often a day or so behind, for whatever reason) Link to all…
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The Debate: A Key Moment In The History Of Comedy. Plus Predictions
How's this prediction from 6 October 2023 looking? Here's the link to the original: blog, Substack. Of course, it might not happen. Biden's ravening ego and criminal history (and thus…
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Is This The Dumbest Science Ever?
If this isn't the dumbest science ever, it's close. The peer-reviewed paper is "The effect of temperature on language complexity: Evidence from seven million parliamentary speeches" by Risto Conte Keivabu…
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Impose Your Beliefs Before They Impose Theirs
Headline from MSN: "Jewish senators alarmed by Alito’s pro-Christian agenda". Jewish Democratic senators are alarmed by conservative Justice Samuel Alito’s sympathy for basing government on Christian principles — something he…
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The Probability Of Being Accused Of The Hate Crime Of Disparate Impact Approaches 1
You're an employer who has to hire 100 employees to get your Meme Factory running. You'll hire the first 100 who come in the door. Given this information (and what…
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Class 11: One Son Born Tuesday & Relevance. Update: Homework Added!
Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science Link to all Classes. Video Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute HOMEWORK: RELEVANCE. A psychic is guessing cards from a standard poker deck…
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The Misinformation Dis(mis)course Revisited : The Losing Battle of The Academic Expertocracy — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
Introduction Some time ago I wrote about The science of fake news. I must confess, I find this misinformation discourse thoroughly boring. Why? Because it reveals the most plebeian of human…
