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Why Is The NYT Admitting the Covid Lab-Leak Theory Now?
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Why Is The NYT Admitting the Covid Lab-Leak Theory Now?

I am moving the Class, which is rather specialized, to the end of the week. Yesterday the New York Times, the written order-of-the-day for the old school left, put out…
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The Age Of The Victim Is Passing
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The Age Of The Victim Is Passing

Fr Robert McTeigue, SJ, host of The Catholic Current had me on last week. Show's title was Can Anyone Afford Feminism?  The answer is no. Today, an expansion of what…
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Magnetically Created Lesions In The Brain & Telekinetic Movement Of M&Ms
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Magnetically Created Lesions In The Brain & Telekinetic Movement Of M&Ms

Stick with me today, my friends. There is an important lesson buried in the madness, with a wider application than is at first apparent. A reader asked me to look…
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Butter Bad, Seed Oils Good, Says New Study
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Butter Bad, Seed Oils Good, Says New Study

Today a paper which proves my contention that governments ought to get out of the grant-making business. The "study" was funded by NIH, and conducted by "top" scientists at Harvard.…
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Class 42: Causal & Deterministic Models
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Class 42: Causal & Deterministic Models

The word to determine is ambiguous. It can mean ascertain or cause. The latter implies the former, but not vice versa. Knowing the full cause of things is our goal;…
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“Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!
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“Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!

Here's the panicky headline: "Long periods of extreme heat can accelerate biological age, scientists say". Longer periods of extreme heat has been found to accelerate biological age in older adults…
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David Hume’s Anti-Miracles Argument Is Poor
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David Hume’s Anti-Miracles Argument Is Poor

David Hume, as you know, wrote on miracles. He didn't like them. Which is to say, he didn't believe them. But then Hume didn't believe we could know any cause.…
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The Case For Ending Government Funding of Science
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The Case For Ending Government Funding of Science

Direct government funding of science has to end. Here is why, and what should replace it. Some are making a big deal of a new paper in which "researchers found…
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    What are the political leanings of the naturally elotrocuted, and can we use them for our cause, or does their…

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    Always thought-provoking, William. The comments section’s a bit hostile today. To really grasp what Matt is driving at, you have…

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    JH, My IQ is simplicity itself to estimate. I have no IQ. Pick up any stats books and look under…

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    Is there evidence that people believe probabilities, parameters, or mathematical objects exist physically in nature? The fact that mathematicians use…

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    Relevance is made more difficult when Y is allowed to vary, but the underlying idea is the same. Probability offers…

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