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As Woke Falls, What Rises?
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As Woke Falls, What Rises?

In the heat of the Great Awokening, when it burned its brightest, many on the side of Reality tried their hand at defining woke. My own effort was a stubborn…
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There Is No Culture Without Inequality: Stove 1
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There Is No Culture Without Inequality: Stove 1

The works of David Stove need wider reading. I had been meaning to do a series reviewing all he wrote, but like the Class I couldn't decide where to start…
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Broken Science Initiative Event — 18 February, Phoenix
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Broken Science Initiative Event — 18 February, Phoenix

I'm late (as usual) posting this. All the text below, with my paragraphifications, is from the Broken Science Initiative event page. Reserve Your Ticket You are cordially invited to The…
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End All Formal Science Journals & Papers
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End All Formal Science Journals & Papers

Time to return to the beginning. End formal science papers and let scientists talk freely amongst themselves. Here's why. Heard about the formal peer-reviewed paper "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: Parent…
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The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2
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The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2

We continue our series on the works of David Stove by picking up where we left off with the first essay in On Enlightenment. Part I here. It will be…
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Of Course Neo-Darwinian Evolution By “Random” Mutation Is Wrong
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Of Course Neo-Darwinian Evolution By “Random” Mutation Is Wrong

I apologize for not getting right to the point. I can't. Everybody's premises are wrong, and it requires work to set them right. I think the young people enjoy it…
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In Which Feynman Makes A Mistake: Negative Probabilities (Used In AI, QM, Finance)
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In Which Feynman Makes A Mistake: Negative Probabilities (Used In AI, QM, Finance)

Richard Feynman wasn't the first to suggest negative probabilities. That recognition goes to Paul Dirac, who introduced them and negative energies at the same time---because he thought these things explained…
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Class 1: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Logic Teaser
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Class 1: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Logic Teaser

See the end of this post for how the class might work and details about the video. Video Yes, the lighting is terrible. I give sallow a bad name. Links:…
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    The answer for the pictured question is obviously '1', as the slot already has a '1' in it, which has…

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    Mark, That's exactly it.

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    Wittgenstein gave some examples like this in his Remarks on the Foundation of Mathematics, a book I had no business…

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    The wrinkle is in the (pseudo-)random number generator. In principle, the random number generator can be hijacked by a higher…

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    I don't think omnibenevolence is part of the definition of God. Not only because, as you stated, there is nothing…

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