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Bertrand’s Paradox — Solved!
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Bertrand’s Paradox — Solved!

Anon sent a question about Bertrand's Paradox. The paradox is supposed to show something has gone wrong with our thinking in probability. And it has, but not in the way…
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Canada Votes To Continue Martial Law, Even As Elsewhere Rulers Signal Their Desire to Move On
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Canada Votes To Continue Martial Law, Even As Elsewhere Rulers Signal Their Desire to Move On

I want to remind you that our side, except for niggling details, and except for the odd conspiracy theory or two we're still waiting to have verified, has been right…
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Diversity Oaths In Physics Grants Becoming More Common
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Diversity Oaths In Physics Grants Becoming More Common

When I was at Cornell, I attended a lecture by Alan Guth on inflation. This is the theory that in the early universe gravity was repulsive before it became attractive.…
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Solutions & Lessons From The Trudeau Tyranny: What The Truckers Can Do, And What We Must
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Solutions & Lessons From The Trudeau Tyranny: What The Truckers Can Do, And What We Must

Question: where are all the Experts shouting about why Canada needs to keep its lockdowns to save lives? Answer: THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Only a dedicated television watcher or…
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Great News: Army Will Now Allow Men To Wear Lipstick, Nail Polish
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Great News: Army Will Now Allow Men To Wear Lipstick, Nail Polish

The day we have all been waiting for has finally arrived. The famed United States Army will allow men to wear lipstick and nail polish. But only if they also…
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Harvard Demonstrates How Not To Do Science In New Self-Confirming Mask Paper
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Harvard Demonstrates How Not To Do Science In New Self-Confirming Mask Paper

Now I ask you: If you have a computer and want to do a simulation, you must write the code for it. Yes? It doesn't matter what form this code…
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Physicists Trying To Show God Not Necessary Prove God Is Necessary
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Physicists Trying To Show God Not Necessary Prove God Is Necessary

There must be a reason that 2i + 2i = 4i, an unobservable number, as all numbers are, but as is most obvious in numbers like i = sqrt(-1). There…
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Canada Becomes A Dictatorship; Elsewhere, Freedom Seeps In; Weekly All Cause Deaths for US & England
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Canada Becomes A Dictatorship; Elsewhere, Freedom Seeps In; Weekly All Cause Deaths for US & England

How much credit, he asked rhetorically, will our side receive for being right about everything? The numbers are below the story. Last week, inspectors noticed certain instabilities and micro-fissures in…
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    No news source is perfect. Fox openly owns their conservative point of view. NPR lies about being unbiased. Even with…

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    Around 2013, I obtained all death certificate data from the state of California for the years 2000-2012. I posted on…

  4. Briggs on Sports Betting Is An Excellent Way To Lose MoneyJanuary 13, 2026

    Anon. I believe you'll find they are the same. I did a little shorthand by first taking the absolute value…

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    Errata: your moneyline formula should have (x - 100) in the denominator for -x.

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