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There Is No Such Thing As A 1000-Year Flood
Phrases like "100 year rainfalls" or floods or whatever for whatever period of time are awful. They convey an improper idea of uncertainty. The phrase "X year event" is based…
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Never Adopt The Enemy’s Language
We should never adopt the enemy's language. It unnecessarily concedes him a victory and lessens our ability to think and to argue. Listen to Orwell! I was reminded of this…
Posted inPhilosophy
Atheists Claim There Is No Such Thing As Gravity—Or Shakespeare!
How's this argument grab you? There are many competing theories of (quantum) gravity. They cannot all be correct. Therefore, they must all be wrong and thus there is no such…
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The Battle Over Sexuality In The Catholic Church Begins
Phase two of the Extraordinary Synod on the Family has kicked off at the Vatican. Perhaps you recall the "earthquake" set off at last year's Phase one. Here's a refresher.…
Posted inPhilosophy SAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: God Cannot Will The Impossible
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're deep…
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Newly Discovered Ocean Cooling Process Implies Climate Stabler Than We Knew
Today's post is at The Stream: "Newly Discovered Ocean Cooling Process Implies Climate Stabler Than We Knew." A new paper about how certain chemicals produced in the ocean might cause…
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Stream: Eugenics Will Cure Global Warming
Today's---part one? see below---post is at the Stream: "Academic Calls for a Return to Eugenics (to Battle Global Warming)". The Big Push on global warming has begun. At the recent…
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Hear Briggs Speak Free on Why You’re Doing Statistics Wrong
Hear Briggs Speak Free! Where by "Free" I mean you pay my expenses. Here are the details. Hear the One And Only William M. Briggs The Statisticians to the Stars!…