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Turns Out The Vex Likely Caused Myocarditis & Pericarditis After All
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Turns Out The Vex Likely Caused Myocarditis & Pericarditis After All

Remember how the woke and super-concerned and awfully caring and, most of all, ignorant (I use this word in its technical sense) censors at YouTube, Twitter and all the rest…
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The Common Cause In All Reproducibility Crises
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The Common Cause In All Reproducibility Crises

Here is a cartoon, but a revealing one. Type "reproducibility crisis in" in your search engine and let it suggest the ending of the sentence, as we did here: Science,…
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Why Do You Believe Masks Work?
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Why Do You Believe Masks Work?

Take a look at this: The Mask Mandate, which according to Taiwan's media was assiduously observed, began in late Spring 2021. It is still in place. Indeed, on 29 June…
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List Of Evidence Showing There Is No Nitrogen “Crisis” In The Netherlands
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List Of Evidence Showing There Is No Nitrogen “Crisis” In The Netherlands

On the Fourth of July, a group of angry Dutch farmers and fishermen, presumably dressed as colorful Frisians, and in the grip of angry exuberance, burnt bales of hay on…
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Chinese Experts & Zero Covid “Solutions”
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Chinese Experts & Zero Covid “Solutions”

Watch this: https://twitter.com/selinawangtv/status/1541655113668132864 China is beloved by our intellectual class because it is believed that intellectuals rule in China, and intellectuals want to rule here, too. No sooner than does…
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Spurious Correlations Proves Hypothesis Testing Should Be Abandoned
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Spurious Correlations Proves Hypothesis Testing Should Be Abandoned

This week traditionally is a slow week on the blog, so let me have a go at explaining something I've explained a few hundred times before, a thing which has…
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The Mann Act: Banning All Fossil Fuels Immediately To Save The Planet
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The Mann Act: Banning All Fossil Fuels Immediately To Save The Planet

I don't want us to make too much of the individual behind the brief confession we're about to dissect, because if it wasn't him leading Team Irrationality, it would be…
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In Which We Answer The Pressing Question: Is Science Growing Stupider?
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In Which We Answer The Pressing Question: Is Science Growing Stupider?

I was asked this question the other day: "Is science becoming stupider?" I was forced to answer this way: "Boy, howdy! Science will be lucky to reach stupid the end…
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