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$7.11 at 7:11 PM on 7/11 at 7/11: What Are The Chances?
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$7.11 at 7:11 PM on 7/11 at 7/11: What Are The Chances?

Posted by By Briggs July 23, 2026
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Caution Against The Precautionary Principle: Interview with Jaap Hanekamp

Posted by By Briggs July 22, 2026
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Yet Another Study “Proves” Liberal, Conservative Brain Differences

Labour believes the government should tax and spend. Tories believe the government should spend and tax. Labour works with businesses to create new regulations to keep unwanted businesses in their…
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Statistics “Proves” Men And Women Are The Same

There are just as many women in prison as men. So too are there equal numbers of male and female ob/gyn patients: this is because the sexual aparatuses on both…
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Team Dorner And Race

Contrary to common wisdom, it is acceptable to discuss race and not harm one's career or social status. But it can only be done in two ways: (1) to list…
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DC Comics Fans Call For Boycott Over Orson Scott Card’s Same-Sex “Marriage” Views

"Batwoman has been a lesbian since 2006." I wonder what made her change her mind? Turns out that Alan Scott, a.k.a. Green Lantern, also turned gay in 2012. Maybe it…
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Pope Benedict To Resign

Word just came in that our scholar pope is resigning. Old age. First Holy Father to give up the reins since the early fifteenth century. A holy Cincinnatus, as it…
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Historic Storm Nemo And The Feminization Of America. Crucial Photographic Updates

Post's original title: Feminization continues apace: Wall Street Journal edition The old joke has been modified: A sweater is a garment a citizen puts on when the government gets cold.…
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Selective Abortion To Create Master Race: Progressive Academic Pushes For Moral Enhancement

Today's discovery is yet another academic with the map to Utopia glistening in his mind's eye. David DeGrazia of George Washington University, author of the peer-reviewed paper "Moral enhancement, freedom,…
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Sex Selection And In Vitro Fertilization

I'm always on the lookout for remunerative ways to spend my time. There yesterday on the American Statistical Association jobs site was a situation for a Medical Statistician, which is…
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  1. Eric Kay Sci Fi on $7.11 at 7:11 PM on 7/11 at 7/11: What Are The Chances?July 24, 2026

    Thanks for the write-up. Thinking about things in the way of a probability distribution has always helped me, but also…

  2. Philip Rogan on $7.11 at 7:11 PM on 7/11 at 7/11: What Are The Chances?July 24, 2026

    Brian, good comment. A coincidence is only a coincidence to the person to which the coincidence occurred.

  3. John Pate on $7.11 at 7:11 PM on 7/11 at 7/11: What Are The Chances?July 23, 2026

    Now do Synchronicity.

  4. Brian (bulaoren) on $7.11 at 7:11 PM on 7/11 at 7/11: What Are The Chances?July 23, 2026

    If a 7/11 sale occurrs in a forest, and nobody is around to document it, does it make a sound?…

  5. Willis Eschenbach on Caution Against The Precautionary Principle: Interview with Jaap HanekampJuly 23, 2026

    Thanks as always, Matt. I'd be interested in your (or anyone's) comments on my post below about the Precautionary Principle.…

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