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Good Vs Bad Science (Models) & How You Can Tell The Difference: Think Twice Science
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Class 68: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The WRONG Way
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The Lancet’s New Push To Ban Meat
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‘Termination Shock’: Newest Entry In Science Doom Naming Contest
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Class 67: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The Right Way
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The Main Barrier To Reproduction Is Ideas
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Class 66: The Difference Between Uncertainty and Decision
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The Charlie Kirk Killing Theories: The (Non)-Mathematics Of Conspiracy Theories 2
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Class 65: A Last Plea Never To Use Or Trust Statistical Evidence Like This
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Lacent’s Vaccination Model Says What Its Told To Say
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Use The Tools The Left Created Against Them
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The False Expectation Of Permanence
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Good Vs Bad Science (Models) & How You Can Tell The Difference: Think Twice Science

Posted by By Briggs October 13, 2025
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Class 68: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The WRONG Way

Posted by By Briggs October 9, 2025
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Many Lie About Their Support Of Gay Marriage: Study

Thanks to New York Times's (yes) Russ Douthat who alerted us to the paper "Findings from a Decade of Polling on Ballot Measures Regarding the Legal Status of Same­ Sex…
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What The North Carolina Gay Marriage Vote Means To You If You Were Against It

North Carolina voted 61 to 39 to amend its constitution to read that marriage is solely a union between a man and a woman. This was, as far as democratic…
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Heartland Institute Accomplishes Act To Self Once Thought Physically Impossible

At the risk of losing the argument before it begins, let me ask you two questions. Number One: What do Adolph Hitler, Mao Tse-tung, serial killer and eater Jeffrey Dahmer,…
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Study Finds 9-Month-Old Babies Are Racist

MSNBC reports this: University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers placed sensors on the heads of 9-month-old babies...and measured brain activity when infants were shown pictures of white and black faces expressing…
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The Dire And Depressing Implications Of Science As Scientism: Two Introductions

A long introduction... Scientism is the fallacy that all that is known and all that can be known, can only be known through scientific methods: that which is testable is…
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Why Republicans Deny Science—And Reality: Request For Help

Update The link to Sam Harris's abysmal study are now provided. That is the (modified) subtitle of the sanctimoniously self-satisfied Chris Mooney's new book, "The Republican Brain: The Science of…
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Leon Panetta Unleashes U.S. Army To Battle Carbon Dioxide

"Sir!" The lieutenant, clearly agitated, rushed into the staff room and snapped to attention. "What is it, Mann? What's the word from the field?" asked the general. "We're surrounded, sir!"…
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Statistics Proves Same Drug Both Causes And Does Not Cause Same Cancer

No, the title of today's post is not a joke, even though it has often been used that way in the past. The title was inspired by yesterday's Wall Street…
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  1. Milton Hathaway on Good Vs Bad Science (Models) & How You Can Tell The Difference: Think Twice ScienceOctober 13, 2025

    In the spirit of "all models are wrong, but some are useful", I'm willing to take a closer look at…

  2. Mark Miller on Good Vs Bad Science (Models) & How You Can Tell The Difference: Think Twice ScienceOctober 13, 2025

    This post my move you up on the Hague's list. If you were a betting man would you bet the…

  3. Brian (bulaoren) on Class 68: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The WRONG WayOctober 9, 2025

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  5. Johnno on The Lancet’s New Push To Ban MeatOctober 9, 2025

    A short extract from "Remarks to the Commonwealth Club" by Michael Crichton, San Francisco, September 15, 2003. "Today, one of…

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