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Feminist Physics Begets Feminist Glaciology
Remember when we talked about feminist physics a couple of months back? We discovered that the term meant not studying how things move, but thinking about how we feel about…
Posted inStatistics
American Statistical Association Statement On Statistical Significance & P-values, With My Comments
Editorial Note: I had this originally scheduled to go Monday, but due to Stream's Creatorgate piece showing up yesterday, I delayed this by a day. I think I only have…
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Stream: #Creatorgate. Scientists Say ‘The Creator’ Designed The Human Hand, Biologists Go Ape.
Today's post is at the Stream: #Creatorgate: Scientists Say 'The Creator' Designed The Human Hand, Biologists Go Ape. Who are the most dogmatic, inflexible, reactionary, unforgiving, monomaniacal set of people…
Posted inPhilosophy SAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: No Body Can Create
See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. We've finally…
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Religious Leaders File Brief To Support Abortion
Here's the story: "Nearly 1,300 Religious Leaders Sign Historic Brief Urging Supreme Court to Preserve a Woman's Right to [Kill Their Unborn]". Why are women so special they get the…
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Direct Democracy Is Not To Be Desired
That people's first reaction to questioning democracy is anger ought to tell you a lot. This fellow @Voxday was on Twitter advocating direct over representative democracy. I made the point…
First Annual Political Correctness Day: Date TBA
There is nothing more important than Tolerance, Diversity, and Multiculturalism! So we are told. Yet those who tout these traits lie. This is easy to prove. Go to any person…
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What’s The Worst Moment in US History?
https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/704700795166584832 If you can't read the tweet, it is a poll. It asks Worst Moment in US History with selections (the percents of 42 votes, current as of posting time):…