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Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions
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Class 90: Simple (Optimal) Decisions

Reminder: The Thursday Class is only for those interested in studying uncertainty. I don’t expect all want to read these posts. Pease don’t feel like you must. Yet, I have…
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Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer
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Shocking Abortion Numbers: Death Distributions Show We’re Living Longer

There were comments, hither and yon, about whether people were dying older today than they were in olden days. Some said yes, some said it was only an illusion, perhaps…
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Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday
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Blessed Memorial Day; No Class; See You Wednesday

As I was scraping the frost off the windshield this morning, I thanked God for global warming, now called "climate change." For without the warmth provided by our very exhalations,…
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Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”
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Why There Are (Probably) No UFOs: “Climate Change”

Here are a few typical photographs or stills from videos provided by our most beneficent government in its recent "release" of UFO files. (You will all recall my recent UFO…
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Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize Ourselves
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Creating Microbial Monsters To Terrorize Ourselves

There is a claim, said to be made by a prominent "neocon" in the Trump administration, that "Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes have both been named as possible domestic terrorists".…
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Class 89: The Measure Most Modelers Forget: Skill Examples
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Class 89: The Measure Most Modelers Forget: Skill Examples

Reminder: The Thursday Class is only for those interested in studying uncertainty. I don’t expect all want to read these posts. So please don’t feel like you must. Yet, I…
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The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!
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The Shocking Conclusion of the HR Trilemma!

You should choose Door B, the very door the male Boomer came out of. If you can't recall the setup, please first review it. Here is only the bare bones…
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The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?
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The HR Trilemma: Which Door Decides Your Fate?

Since we had so much fun with the never-gonna-happen Red-Blue Button dilemma, I present to you the HR trilemma. A New & Improved puzzler with 50% more lemma! You have…
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    It’s not the machines that are of concern but the models they run with great speed and access to huge…

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    Assuming a 100% materialist world view, one must conclude that one's OWN thought processes are just so many particles exchanging…

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