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Forget Randomization
I am only six months behind in answering thoughtful emails from readers. Here is one from Stephen Puryear: Dr. Briggs, please go back and elaborate on your ideas about why…
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A Stirring Spirited Speech: Bronze Age Mindset — Reviewed
Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,…
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Pope To Critics: You Are Literally Ecocidal Hitlers
Da Pope: According to Pope Francis, acts such as the massive pollution of air, land and water resources, large-scale destruction of flora and fauna, and any action capable of producing…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: How Psychics & Witches Really Work
Previous post. We're not talking abracadabra here, but the real workings of supernatural, somethings called paranormal, powers. WHERE THE PERFORMANCES OF THE MAGICIANS GET THEIR EFFICACY 1 Now, it remains…
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The Week In Doom — Height Dysphoria Edition
Item Don Cherry Fired From 'Hockey Night In Canada' After 38 Years Over Immigrant Remarks "You people ... you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey,…
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Science Pozzed — Data Equality Edition: #waSTEMsummit Update
What science once was, it is no longer, as this on-going series demonstrates. Today, something which seems small, but which, alas, is not: the insinuation of the evil idea of…
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The Lessons Of Clovis And His Anti-Arian Army: Part I– Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Did you ever play bumper-cars? Where you could make all kinds of idiot turns and cross all lanes, and ram people head on, without fear of any real damage? Where…
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The Sorrow And The Pity Of P-values
Thanks to the Wrath of Gnon, we have this report: Sorry, wrong number: Statistical benchmark comes under fire, from Phys.org. Earlier this fall Dr. Scott Solomon presented the results of…