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How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?
June 1, 2026
Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions
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Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer
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Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”
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Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize Ourselves
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Class 89: The Measure Most Modelers Forget: Skill Examples
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The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!
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The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?
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Capital Punishment Deters Crime More Than The Death Penalty
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How Experts Use “Calamities” to Find Official Victims & Gain Power
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Richard Dawkins, The Big Muscles Fallacy & AI Pachinko
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Class 88: The Most Neglected Concept: Skill
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The Red-Blue Button Dilemma & Its Surprising Answer
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UFO Reports About To Blast Off!
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Class 87: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Examples
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Noticing Differences Between Races Does Not Pay
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What Are The Chances Of All These Scientists Dying, Killed, Or Going Missing?
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Class 86: Calibration & Conformal Prediction: Theory
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How A Miracle Turns Mundane
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Contest Winner Announced!
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How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?

Posted by By Briggs June 1, 2026
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Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions

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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Last Judgement
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Summary Against Modern Thought: The Last Judgement

Previous post. In the long run, as the man said, we shall be dead. THE LAST JUDGMENT 1 From the foregoing it is clear, then, that there is a twofold…
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All Sportsball Players Must Wear A Crucifix During Lent
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All Sportsball Players Must Wear A Crucifix During Lent

I hereby designate Lent (this year Wednesday, February 22 to Thursday, April 6) Christian Pride Month. During this time, all sportsball players must wear a Crucifix on their jerseys to…
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The Great Climate Anxiety Grift
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The Great Climate Anxiety Grift

I, dear reader, am not a climate denier. I do not deny there is a climate. Some do: even many, given the popularity of the phrase. Further---and this follows logically---I…
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The Only Argument Against P-Values You Will Ever Need
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The Only Argument Against P-Values You Will Ever Need

Some two and a half years ago I posted this article: "An Infinity of Null Hypotheses — Another Anti-P-Value Argument". The title is unfortunate; or, rather, the subtitle is. It…
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Bad Ideas Never Die: Why They’ll Still Come For Gas Stoves  — Guest Post by Otto Moibul
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Bad Ideas Never Die: Why They’ll Still Come For Gas Stoves — Guest Post by Otto Moibul

In this space, our host eviscerated the study on which the recommendation to do away with gas stove was based on. What was hilarious was that overnight, experts, congress critters,…
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The Many Ways The Vaccination Seat-Belt Analogy Fails
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The Many Ways The Vaccination Seat-Belt Analogy Fails

If you don't wear your seat belt, I am at greater risk of catching coronadoom. And thus my grandmother might die, you granny killer. Is that what they mean by…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Our State Upon Death
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Our State Upon Death

Previous post. Once again, and for the last time, we remind you that you only get once chance. HOW INCORPOREAL SUBSTANCES MAY SUFFER FROM BODILY FIRE 1 That the unchangeable…
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The Logic Of Global Warming, A.K.A. Climate Crisis, Propaganda
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The Logic Of Global Warming, A.K.A. Climate Crisis, Propaganda

If you've never seen this entire episode, I urge you to do so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQRqr9_jw5I Note that in Buffalo, the more things change the more, etc. Also note the hopeful ending.…
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  1. Willis Eschenbach on How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?June 1, 2026

    Thanks, Matt. I've been saying this (although far from as eloquently) for a while. If a person is so mentally…

  2. Robert Arvanitis on How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?June 1, 2026

    The only question is capacity to recognize guilt. If the perpetrator was allowed to vote in national elections, the perpetrator…

  3. Joe Blow on How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?June 1, 2026

    I would proffer from a species standpoint, REMOVING exceptionally low IQ individuals from the gene pool should be carried out…

  4. Tim O. on How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?June 1, 2026

    ALL the concern over IQ and competency is the same smoke screen used as "motive" is commonly used: If the…

  5. Briggs on Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living LongerMay 29, 2026

    JohnK, Thanks. Rather depressing.

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