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Climate Change Increases Risk of Even Slower World Cup Games!
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Climate Change Increases Risk of Even Slower World Cup Games!

Every now and then I suspect there is a game played by bored elites to see which of them can get away with the most asinine "climate change" claim. There…
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The Ultimate IQ Test: Guessing the Author’s Mind and Escaping the Infinity of Answers
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The Ultimate IQ Test: Guessing the Author’s Mind and Escaping the Infinity of Answers

This IQ test question was making the rounds the other day. See if you can answer is before peeking. Don't Peek Don't Peek Don't Peek Don't Peek Don't Peek The…
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Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?
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Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?

You will have noticed these last few weeks a switch to bi-weekly posts, longer and (I hope) more informative than the old way of having three to four short, standard…
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No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders
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No Model Will Save Us: Pope Leo, the Miserostat, and AI’s Woke Coders

I don't know who wrote Magnifica Humanitas, the Vatican's new encyclical on "safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence", but he (or it?) appears to not have…
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How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?
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How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?

In proving foresight may be vain:The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ MenGang aft agley,An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,For promis’d joy! Lennie said, "I thought you was…
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Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions
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Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions

Reminder: The Thursday Class is only for those interested in studying uncertainty. I don’t expect all want to read these posts. Pease don’t feel like you must. Yet, I have…
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Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer
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Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer

There were comments, hither and yon, about whether people were dying older today than they were in olden days. Some said yes, some said it was only an illusion, perhaps…
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Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday
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Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday

As I was scraping the frost off the windshield this morning, I thanked God for global warming, now called "climate change." For without the warmth provided by our very exhalations,…
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  1. _Jim on How Experts Use “Calamities” to Find Official Victims & Gain PowerJune 11, 2026

    re: "How Experts Use “Calamities” to Find Official Victims & Gain Power" Having skimmed the above post, I realize my…

  2. _Jim on How High an IQ Must A Person Have To Be Executed?June 11, 2026

    re: "The only question is capacity to recognize guilt. If the perpetrator was allowed to vote in national elections, the…

  3. _Jim on The Ultimate IQ Test: Guessing the Author’s Mind and Escaping the Infinity of AnswersJune 10, 2026

    One gains a better understanding of the underpinnings of the grist (the extensions to the 'maths') behind QM (Quantum Mechanics)…

  4. _Jim on Reader Poll: Shorter or Longer, Frequent or Rarer Posts?June 10, 2026

    I echo Jean Lesperance's response ... overbooked to too many blogs these days!

  5. Cary D Cotterman on Climate Change Increases Risk of Even Slower World Cup Games!June 10, 2026

    82.5 degrees Fahrenheit isn't even "hot", let alone "extremely hot". American football is played in summer, by guys wearing thick…

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