Received this email from a reader: I took on board all I read on your website, and it has created confusion in my mind. I have been reading Ioannidis and others about […]
Global Warming Hanger-On Says Ends Justify The Means
A question from the new SAT in Reading Comprehension was leaked: “‘The students rushed the platform to prevent the speaker from speaking.’ Were these students, (A) progressives, or (B) conservatives?” Swap in […]
My Genes Made Me Vote For Obama: Predisposed Reviewed
Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences by John Hibbing, Kevin Smith, and John Alford. If a conservative is a person who clings to what is, who resists change and […]
Wisdom Of The Crowds (And Voting)
Have you heard of Mesd-su-Re? One of the participants of the Great Harem Conspiracy under Ramses III? Probably not. But I need to know the length of his nose right before he […]
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@1 Characteristics of Near-Death Experiences Memories as Compared to Real and Imagined Events Memories Link @2 Dogs are not people too. Even though this guy says Science says they are. Link @3 […]
Voting (And Wisdom Of The Crowds)
First read Wisdom of the Crowds (and Voting). There are in this great land of ours some 315 million souls. Citizens, I mean. Another 12 millions (or so) are, as the euphemism […]
Politico’s Biased Reporting Of Its Own Poll
Today’s post is over at Legal Insurrection. The headline, helpfully supplied by William Jacobson, is “Politico poll showing ‘plurality support’ for gay marriage also shows majority opposition.” Headline writing is not my […]
The Final Polls & Predictions: What’s The Difference Between Polls And Models?
There are two ways to forecast the election: polls and models. Polls are easy: go out and ask who will vote for whom, tally the results, and print ’em. As long as […]
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