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Guardian’s ‘How Statistics Lost Their Power’
Been a wealth of material lately, which explains why we're just now coming to the Guardian's, "How statistics lost their power -- and why we should fear what comes next".…
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Stream: Scientists, Women, The Press Think Trump Is Coming For Them
Stream: Scientists, Women, The Press Think Trump Is Coming For Them. Week or so before the election, there was a rumor bumping around the Internet which said Trump, if he…
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How’d We Do On Our 2016 Predictions?
This was an interesting year because we had a general dichotmous proposition of interest to many; or rather, two. Who would win the (Republican) primary and who would win the…
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Science Asks: Why Are Angry Atheists Annoying?
What's more annoying than an atheist who harangues passersby about "rationality"? Easy answer: a scientist who announces a discovery about human behavior that was known by everybody since Adam. Our…
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Reader Challenge: Find College WITHOUT Diversity Program
Are there any (nonprofit) colleges or universities without programs, offices, or administrators for Diversity? In the United States, I mean, or, secondarily, anywhere in the West. Type "Diversity" in Harvard's…
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Pope Says Using Paper & Plastic A Sin
If you're a Christian, what do you suppose is the most pressing problem in the world today? The rapid fading of Christianity in the West? The dramatic increase in, and…
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New York Times Is Looking For A Climate Change Editor. That’s Me!
Dean Baquet and Sam Dolnick New York Times New York, NY Re: Climate Change Editor Dear Misters Baquet and Dolnick, Please accept my application for the position of Climate Change…
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Stream: President Obama Once Again Imagines He Will Save The World
Today's post is at The Stream: President Obama Once Again Imagines He Will Saves The World. On his inauguration---perhaps apotheosis is a better word---President Obama said that the world would…