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Subjective Probability Is Objective

Because certain forms of Bayesian probability, particularly so-called subjective probability, are being taken up in quantum mechanics, it's well to understand just what subjective probability is, if it's anything, and…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Things Which Looks Miraculous But Aren’t

Previous post. Always seek for the genuine article. HOW SPIRITUAL SUBSTANCES DO CERTAIN WONDERFUL THINGS WHICH, HOWEVER, ARE NOT TRULY MIRACLES 1 It was Avicenna's position that matter is much…

Culture

The Week In Doom — Bugmen Eat Bugmeat Edition

Item You will be eating replacement meats within 20 years. Here's why At the same time, concerns about how to feed this expanded populace, along with the impact meat has…

Fun

The Official Death Of Superhero Movies

Not all news is bad. Like this: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer are ready to save the world on the set of their superhero movie Thunder Force. Here's a live-action…

Culture

The Theology That Justifies Everything

This might seem like inside baseball, but it's worth reading because what happened gives a solid indication of the new world religion that is taking shape. Fr Martin tweeted this.…

Statistics

The Pozzing Of Medicine Continues, Lancet Editor Edition

Listen to this first; it's only a minute. https://twitter.com/DoctorsXr/status/1187377667928141824 My transcription: My name is Richard Horton and I'm editor of The Lancet. The climate emergency that we're facing today, being…

Culture

Cardinal Richelieu On The Necessity Of Non-Education

This excerpt is from The Political Testament of Cardinal Richelieu, chapter II (1642); numbers and paragraphifications have been added to aid readability. (1) Because a knowledge of letters is entirely…

Culture

Transanity — A Genuine Madness Of The Crowds

Remember that one time, right after women were awarded power that they didn't have to be given, but were, when nations all over the West banned alcohol? This was the…

NLR on Funding Increases To Foster Even More Cheating In ScienceAugust 13, 2025
From the link at the end of the post: On the one hand, we have the fabricated research of an…
Eddie on Funding Increases To Foster Even More Cheating In ScienceAugust 13, 2025
Of course, AI will fix this -- hahahaha!!
Cary Cotterman on Funding Increases To Foster Even More Cheating In ScienceAugust 13, 2025
What Uncle Mike said.
Brian (bulaoren) on Funding Increases To Foster Even More Cheating In ScienceAugust 13, 2025
All that wasted ink; One can only pity those poor cephalopods, harvested to produce it. Save The Squids!
Uncle Mike on Funding Increases To Foster Even More Cheating In ScienceAugust 13, 2025
The Senate is a bane to America. They are the worst institution of government, sinking even lower than the House.…