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That Paper About Hiring Chief Diversity Officers At Universities

The paper is "The Impact of Chief Diversity Officers on Diverse Faculty Hiring" by Steven W. Bradley, James R. Garven, Wilson W. Law, and James E. West. (Thanks to John…

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Judea Pearl Is Wrong On AI Identifying Causality, But Right That AI Is Nothing But Curve Fitting

Yep I've disagreed with Judea Pearl before on causality, and I do so again below; but first some areas of agreement. Some deep agreement at that. Pearl has a new…

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Chaos & Outrage In The Church — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

Chaos and outrage have again engulfed the Church. We must talk about this incredibly ugly and painful boil on the Body of Christ. To lance a boil, you must insert…

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How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part VII New (Free) Software Tobit Regression

Previous post in the series (or click above on Class). REVIEW! Download the code: mcmc.pred.R, mcmc.pred.examples.R. If you downloaded before, download again. This is version 0.3! Only the example code…

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Does It Mean I’m Psychic?

Years ago I wrote and self-published for fun the book So, You Think You're Psychic? You can download a free PDF of it on the Books page. There's nothing wrong…

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How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part VI New (Free) Software Poisson Regression

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How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part V New (Free) Software Multinomial Regression

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How To Do Predictive Statistics: Part IV New (Free) Software Logistic Regression

Previous post in the series (or click above on Class). Download the code: mcmc.pred.R, mcmc.pred.examples.R. If you downloaded before, download again. This is version 0.21! Only the example code changed…

Faith on Canada Invents New Euphemism For Doctor KillingsDecember 29, 2025
I know it's difficult for you, China, but do try to stay on point. Shelley had the usual liberal ideas…
henry chinaski on Canada Invents New Euphemism For Doctor KillingsDecember 29, 2025
“Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only…
John Pate on Complete List Of All Moral & Ethical Questions Answered By ScienceDecember 28, 2025
Bah humbug! Scientism, on the other hand, can answer all your philosophical and moral questions for you, you degenerate denier.
John Pate on Why British & EU Rulers Are Juicing War With RussiaDecember 27, 2025
@hudbwu although the stupidity rather than malice argument is very powerful in smaller organizations, along with the Peter Principal, it…
hudbwu on Why British & EU Rulers Are Juicing War With RussiaDecember 27, 2025
> or whether they are doing this purposely and cynically, It is this, in my opinion. The change with replacement…