E-books Will Lead To A Decrease In Reading
I have a Kindle. (It was generously donated by a reader a few years ago.) I have, say, 200 books on it, nearly all free from Project Gutenberg and similar…
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Firearm Homicide Rates Around The World: Comparing With USA
Here's an around the world tour of homicide rates by firearm, brought to you by our friends at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Rates are per 100,000…
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Bayesian Probability Is Not Subjective (It Only Seems Like It Is)
Logic Start with standard logic; think syllogisms. This is not a trick question: Is it true or false that C = "George wears a hat"? There is no way to…
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Bayesian Probability & Swinburne’s P-Inductive & C-Inductive Arguments (For God’s Existence)
Because I am jet-lagged (and fundamentally lazy) here is a classic post, modified to include a homework assignment. Don't be like me: do the work. This post contains some fundamental…
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Lightning May Cause Headaches, Moon May Cause Domestic Intranquility
I have discovered a statistically significant correlation between phases of the moon and domestic harmony. Every day for several months I filled out the Domestic Harmony Inventory (DHI), a scientifically…
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Academic Suggests Shaming Fat People Into Thinness
"Hey fatty, you're fat!" said the TSA agent. He continued reading his script, "You're so fat your fat has fat. Speaking plainly, you're fat. You're so fat it's syllogistic: The…
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Updates: What’s Happening With Briggs? With the On-line Course? Etc.?
Homefront Things progress on the Briggs ranch---a patch of 900 square feet in the wilds of Upper Eastern Manhattan. They may shortly be progressing away from the island towards...where, nobody…
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Resolved: Women In Combat Results In A Suboptimal Military: Update
Every woman soldier I've seen on TV and in the movies is just as tough as---wait, strike that---is tougher than any man. There always comes the scene where some muscle-bound…