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John Kerry To Peasants: Die, To Save The Planet
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John Kerry To Peasants: Die, To Save The Planet

It doesn't seem to make much difference whether a man inherits his money or earns it. Once he reaches a certain threshold of the green stuff, there's a good chance…
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On Ford Restoring & Saving AM Radio
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On Ford Restoring & Saving AM Radio

And now, since many are still vacationing, a subject perhaps only three in a hundred care about. AM radio. You might have heard that Ford was going to whack AM…
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What New Laws Criminalizing “Hate Speech” Really Mean
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What New Laws Criminalizing “Hate Speech” Really Mean

Yesterday we investigated the I Have Ascended Beyond Fallacy, which is invoked when academic Experts, baffled their theories are not as loved by others as by themselves, try to explain…
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What To Do About Black Crime?
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What To Do About Black Crime?

Note: This blog is mirrored at Substack for those who prefer that format. Here is a video from late last week, a common kind, a kind which you have seen…
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The Less You Know About Climate, The More You Cry About Climate
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The Less You Know About Climate, The More You Cry About Climate

Some things, the saying goes, are too good to check. Take the peer-reviewed paper "Environmental knowledge is inversely associated with climate change anxiety" by Hannes Zacher and Cort W. Rudolph…
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Why Science Is Broken: Hillsdale Speech Video & Transcript Now Online
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Why Science Is Broken: Hillsdale Speech Video & Transcript Now Online

Video Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLFDjRS_928 And here is Greg's talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VMcIp21mA Transcript I followed this closely during the speech, but did not adhere to it perfectly. I don't have a…
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Do We Need Philosophy, Or Can Science Replace It?
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Do We Need Philosophy, Or Can Science Replace It?

You see the news? Woman pretending to be a man walked into a school and murdered a bunch of kids. "I know what you're going to say. You're going to…
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Upcoming Hillsdale Talk, 11 April: Philosophy & Broken Science
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Upcoming Hillsdale Talk, 11 April: Philosophy & Broken Science

I'll be giving a talk at Hillsdale on April 11th. Festivities begin at 5 PM, and continue long into the night (maybe 9 or 10 PM). Do me a favor,…
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    Thank you for your answer, Professor. So the prediction interval is useful for predicting the number of failures among the…

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    Darin, There is no interval around a probability (with esoteric exceptions not of interest to us). All your evidence is…

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