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Here Comes The Gene-Editing Research In Human Embryos
The mechanistic view of man and the universe has consequences, the most important of which is that man is seen as a machine. Well, he must be if everything is…
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Ritual Sacrifice Promoted Evolution Of Stratified Societies: A Statistical Fallacy
His Majesty Every human society except one is stratified. The exception is the empire of William I, a small sand island that comes and goes by a remote and isolated…
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Stream: Why Science Is Broken & How To Fix It
Today's post is at The Stream: Why Science Is Broken, and How To Fix It: It comes down to bad politics, bad money, and bad philosophy. Here are snippets. Plus:…
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Scientism Of The First Kind: Science Shows Laptops Distract Students
https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/722028191582445568 Here's the headline. (It's NPR, so don't expect much.) "Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away". And here's the relevant sad bit: For one thing, research shows that laptops and…
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Coincidences Don’t Have Odds, Chances, Or Probabilities
PODCAST BONUS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nX43bgWUn8 The Podcast has been restored! Sorry for the mix up yesterday. Here's the story cut short. A woman was browsing a used book stall and came across…
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Atheists More Religiously Tolerant Than Christians: It’s Science!
I meant this to go out on Saturday morning, but I pressed the wrong button and it went out late Friday afternoon. Apologies to those who receive this post twice.…
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Masters Predictions & (Some) Statistics — Podcast Bonus
PODCAST BONUS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNsyJf2MX2w See last Master's year's predictions here. Since not much has changed, I'm doing a lot of copying and pasting. The Podcast bonus is because of the screwed…
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Stream: The Climate Surprise: Why CO2 is Good for the Earth
Today's post is at The Stream: The Climate Surprise: Why CO2 is Good for the Earth. Prostitution will increase because of global warming, a stern warning Mark Steyn passed on…