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The Converted Statistician
While doing some research, my number one son found this item from Punch, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914. THE CONVERTED STATISTICIAN. A sudden jolt as we thundered over some points…
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What Do You Call Believer in Scientism? Contest
Toby Young at the Spectator ran this tweet yesterday: https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/402545969956261888 The text (if you can't see) reads: "Is there a name for people who think reason and research evidence alone…
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Briggs Exposes His Better Side
These are the pants I wore yesterday through airports, airplanes, taxis, and the streets of San Francisco, thus exposing my better side to roughly half the country. Notice that the…
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A Veteran’s Day Tale
From 1986 to 1989, I was stationed at Kadena Air Force Base, smack in the middle of Okinawa. Which wasn't hard. Being in the middle, I mean. The island is…
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Thomas Aquinas & Philosophical Realism
Dozens of big brains, and one fat head held aloft by Yours Truly, crammed into a small room yesterday to hear all there was to know, more or less, about…
Rick Santorum Says Devil Pwons Hollywood
Santorum was out flogging a movie in which he has an interest---The Christmas Candle---and was heard to say of more traditional Hollywood fare that "the Devil for a long, long…
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We Gave Them The Willies
I have returned from my conference where I gave a half-stunned audience my lecture The Top Six Fallacies In Statistics. But though I labored long and hard, it wasn't all…
The Most Depressing Picture Of The Year
Ladies and gentlemen, the most depressing picture of the year. Yes, worse than the pic of Joe Biden bringing muffins to lock-ins during the government shutdown. These, my dear readers,…