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Summary Against Modern Thought: God Has Free Will
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. Here we…
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This Week In Doom: Death Education & Blind Science
This week, entries from readers (I'm woefully behind). Science Is Blind Blind on purpose. Elizabeth Murphy recalls a lecture "delivered at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador recently…
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Stream: Scientists Claim Zapping Brains With Magnets Can Treat Belief In God
Apologies to all. I thought this was going to run on Thursday, so I'm a day behind. If you're one of the folks who asked about upcoming articles, these have…
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Why Statistics Can’t Discover Cause, And Bad Priors
My mailbag is filling up. Today two questions from readers, both about statistics. Feel free to send yours in on any subject. Tomorrow is a doozy. Question 1 From reader…
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On The Supposed Newly Discovered “Gay Genes.” Or, The Importance Of Model Skill
Great news! The press and activists are touting a study which claims to have discovered the genes that "make" somebody gay. So get your enwombed baby's DNA scanned and make…
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Enjoy Coffee? You Could Be A Psychopath. Or, Time For A Two-Year Moratorium Of Questionnaire Science
The headline blared "Enjoy coffee or a gin and tonic? You could be a psychopath: People with dark personalities prefer bitter foods and drinks". And then the bullet points: *…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s Will And Contingency
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. Contingency is…
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This Week In Doom: SJW’s Openly Deploying F-Bombs
So a magazine which follows advertisers' leads on how to match sock color F-bombed that neurosurgeon fellow who happens to be running for president. GQ, which I'm not sure who…