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We’d Never Be Where We Are Except For Technology — Coronadoom Update CXII

Increased technology is responsible for the coronadoom bug, panic, and "solutions" tyranny. If our level of technology was less, there would have been no bug, there would have been no…

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There Was No Panic In The Similar 1957-58 Pandemic; But Panic Galore For Coronadoom

There is much fun contrasting earlier approaches to pandemics and our Great Global Panic, now entering it's third---and final?---year. Let's take the 1957-1958 Asian (the novel H2N2) flu, the worst…

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Hating That Which Is Evil & Fined For It

There are various translations of Paul's letter to the Romans, but while the words differ, the substance remains the same: Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Errors About The Incarnation V

Previous post. Week 5 refuting arguments claiming Jesus was not the Word Incarnated. We meet Arius at last. ON THE ERROR OF ARIUS AND APOLLINARIS ABOUT THE SOUL OF CHRIS…

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I Bring You Glad Tidings! Three New Papers Prove (Again) You Can Take Them Off Without Worry

"Masks don't work" is a proposition, like all propositions, that carries implicit definitions. In this case it means mask mandates don't reduce the spread of respiratory diseases. It does not…

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Michael Anton On Identifying Our Cultural Disease’s Symptoms & An Attempt At A Diagnosis

The obvious first stage in disease identification is noticing symptoms and their extent. This, for the United States, Michael Anton does with acumen and aplomb, in his New Criterion essay…

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The Epidemiologist (P-value + Ecological) Fallacy Exposed (Video)

Video Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV-IRdTWG2c The Epidemiologist Fallacy marries the Ecological Fallacy with the P-value Fallacy. The Ecological Fallacy is when it is said X causes Y, but X is not measured,…

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The Only Thing That Has Fat Tails Are Rappers: More On The PP Fallacy

Evidence for an event cannot be the horrific consequences of that event. Suppose we're interested in the probability of a Y = "Horrific plague". Since nothing has a probability, we…

Brian (bulaoren) on Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The ScienceAugust 6, 2025
I am not surprised by these findings, just as I will not be surprised if a subsequent study finds that…
Pk on Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The ScienceAugust 6, 2025
crashed near Gilligan's island. . .now that's funny!
Mike on Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The ScienceAugust 6, 2025
Now test while pregnant in first, second, and third trimesters. Test across menstruation cycle (with and without birth control hormones).
NLR on Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The ScienceAugust 6, 2025
"Female pilots may outperform their male counterparts in high-pressure flight situations" turns out to be "Female pilots may outperform their…
Al on Lady Pilots Better Than Men, Says The ScienceAugust 6, 2025
I don’t know how they were able to identify the sex of each sample. We all know that it’s impossible…