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What’s The Probability Of A Nuclear War?
For readers in a hurry, here's the answer: There is no probability of a nuclear war. Nor of a conventional one. Nor even of you being victor in your next…
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The Big Worldwide Strike
Ignorant, a. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened. [1913 Webster] Recall a group of ignorant kiddies skipped school a while back in order to shake their wee fists…
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Winner Of Progeny Calamity, Genuine Ignoble Prize (Not THAT Ig Noble)
You guys knew you were in good company, but what you didn't know until today was that you were in the presence of celebrity. I am pleased---nay, thrilled---to announce that…
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Control Groups With No Cancers In Hormesis Data Sets
A well known paper by Duport et al. on radiation hormesis makes a statement about control groups which is not quite right. The paper is "Database of Radiogenic Cancer in…
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The Week In Doom — So Long, Whites Edition
I saw a Blue Cheka on Twitter argue that kids "of color" should have teachers that look like them. But I couldn't figure how midgets lecturing tots would help them.…
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Low-Hanging Molecules Have Already Been Picked—Most New Drugs Provide No Benefit
Remember the old stock scam? Call up 1,000 people and tell half Stock A will rise, and tell the other half it will fall. Five hundred people will be slightly…
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The Religion Of Man Triumphant
The almost-blessed Archbishop Fulton J Sheen gave us in 1947 a paradox. He said then "that we are definitely at the end of a non-religious era of civilization". This was…
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The Great Protest In England Draws To A Close
Have you heard this? Only 1% of people aged 18-24 identify as Church of England, according to the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey for 2018. Even among over-75s, the most…