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Reality-Based Probability & Statistics: Ending The Tyranny Of Parameters!

Here it is! The one, the only, the peer-reviewed (and therefore true) "Reality-Based Probability & Statistics: Solving the Evidential Crisis" (the link is to the pdf, which is 11 MB;…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Divine Providence Does Not Exclude Contingency

Previous post. God exists. And so does secondary causes. And, next week, it is proved So does your freedom! THAT DIVINE PROVIDENCE DOES NOT EXCLUDE CONTINGENCY FROM THINGS 1 Just…

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The Spirit World Is Alive And Well And Surrounds Us

I ever tell you this story? This is Detroit when I was a boy, maybe 5. Sunday, watching golf on TV with my dad, my mom in the kitchen making…

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An Argument Against The Multiverse

The multiverse might be real. God might in His wisdom and love of completeness and true diversity and the joy of filling all possible potentials with actuality might have created…

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The Anti-Christian New York Times Says God Not Coherent

That the New York Times is anti-Christian is obvious enough. Most of its founders, leaders, and top employees are not Christian, and thus the paper naturally has an in-built bias,…

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Non-Empirical Confirmation Of Theories

Difficulties "Fundamental physics today faces the problem that empirical testing of its core hypotheses is very difficult to achieve and even more difficult to be made conclusive," says Richard Dawid…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Divine Providence Does Not Exclude Evil

Previous post. In which the age-old question is answered: If God exists, whence comes evil? THAT DIVINE PROVIDENCE DOES NOT ENTIRELY EXCLUDE EVIL FROM THINGS 1 Now, from these conclusions…

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A Failed Argument Against Free Will: Predicting Actions

It is always hilarious when people rail against free will, who are especially flummoxed that Common Man believes in free will, and say "If only people realized their choices weren't…

Michael 2 on Deniers Refusing To Die From Climate Change Heat WavesAugust 26, 2025
"until the world largely stops burning oil, gas and coal and reaches net zero emissions. " So who has the…
NLR on World Ends In 25 years! Towns Become Slaughterhouses! Peter Thiel Disguises Self As Sheep!August 26, 2025
The idea of a noble savage isn't all that implausible. It's true that the absence of advanced technology doesn't inherently…
Uncle Mike on World Ends In 25 years! Towns Become Slaughterhouses! Peter Thiel Disguises Self As Sheep!August 26, 2025
Let me also wear Such deliberate disguises ... Not with a bang but a whimper 25 years from now I…
Tars Tarkas on World Ends In 25 years! Towns Become Slaughterhouses! Peter Thiel Disguises Self As Sheep!August 26, 2025
"Thiel won’t be able to rely on money, that becoming worthless, so he’ll have to hope his winning personality and…
True Faith on World Ends In 25 years! Towns Become Slaughterhouses! Peter Thiel Disguises Self As Sheep!August 26, 2025
"last rear echelon" = pure genius.