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Does Watching TV Cause Autism?
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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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The Bizarre, And Really Quite Hilarious, Belief In Male & Female Equality
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The Bizarre, And Really Quite Hilarious, Belief In Male & Female Equality

Marilyn "vos Savant" scored one major victory in her life. (More than most.) She correctly (copied? noodled?) the correct answer to the Monty Hall problem. Which by itself is only…
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The Greatest Reset Movie — In Which Yours Truly Has A Cameo
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The Greatest Reset Movie — In Which Yours Truly Has A Cameo

Last summer a pair of gentlemen came to interview me about the coronadoom. It was to be for the movie The Greatest Reset. Which is now out. (It's free, but…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: On Matrimony
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Summary Against Modern Thought: On Matrimony

Previous post. We walk down the aisle this week. Today's lesson is: get married, have babies. ON THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY 1 Now, we grant that by the sacraments men…
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The Non-Wisdom Of Crowds And Voting
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The Non-Wisdom Of Crowds And Voting

This post first appeared in modified form on 29 Januarty 2014. It also appears (also modified) in Chapter 4 of Everything You Believe Is Wrong. Have you heard of Mesd-su-Re?…
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The Regime’s Compulsion To Scientific Lunacy Explained (Partly)
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The Regime’s Compulsion To Scientific Lunacy Explained (Partly)

We met our favorite headline the other day: Climate Change Destroys World, Pregnant People Hardest Hit. A version of that headline rolls off the science press about weekly, now. They…
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The Real Sin Of The Expertocracy With Covid
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The Real Sin Of The Expertocracy With Covid

You're sick. Not doing at all well. You go to a celebrated doctor (God bless you for trusting him) at a major hospital. Guy was recommended by many as knowing…
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Do We Join In The Insanity, Withdraw, Or Fix It?
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Do We Join In The Insanity, Withdraw, Or Fix It?

To what extent do you owe loyalty to a once beloved friend, who in his youth was wise and sober and vigorous, but who has now descended into a kind…
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How I Became A  Renegade Scientist
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How I Became A Renegade Scientist

This old picture of myself and a fellow outlaw is given as proof of my deep anti-social propensities. A friend of mine, long ago, would sit and listen to George…
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  1. Johnno on Does Watching TV Cause Autism?July 23, 2025

    Did watching TV pharma ads lead to an increase in vexxination rates at the same time as all the autism?

  2. Does Watching TV Cause Autism? – William M. Briggs on Does watching TV cause autism?July 23, 2025

    […] classic column originally ran 31 July 2008. I edited it to provide a working link to the paper and…

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  4. Johnno on Peer-Reviewed Research: Men Find Looking At Nearly Naked Women DistractingJuly 22, 2025

    Why couldn't I have been involved as a participant in this study? I would enjoy the opportunity to be paid…

  5. David Willis on Peer-reviewed research: Men find looking at nearly naked women distractingJuly 22, 2025

    hahahahahahhahahahahah This shit is too much.

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