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On Demonic Possession
Then they sailed to the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. And when He stepped out on the land, there met Him a certain man from the city…
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On That Fluoride-IQ Study & Statistical Silliness
I am in the Northwoods at the water's edge, far from the teeming masses, and I only had time to glance through this new study that claims that women who…
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Transgender Madness Update
It is impossible for a man to become a woman. It is possible, and growing more frequent, for a man to pretend to be or to believe he is a…
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Researchers Claim Biological Test For Sex Doesn’t Exist
Advocacy and activist organizations goose statistics in their favor. The National Organization For Red-Haired Pickpockets is bound to arrive at a figure higher, and perhaps much higher, especially if donations…
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Yes, There Is A Hot Hand In Basketball
On the Second of March in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Two, well before the sport became another venue for pencil-necked political correctness, a basketball player…
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Winnowing the COVID-19 Numbers — Guest Post by John Carver
This idependent article shows how confusing counting coronavirus deaths are. Regular readers, no Doom tomorrow. This is going to be a preliminary investigation into the COVID-19 numbers being presented hourly…
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Don’t Panic, But Intelligent Design Is Trivially True (Breathe, Breathe…)
This post, a follow-up to yesterday's, originally ran 4 August 2016. What I mean by intelligent design (which is perhaps not what you mean by it) is that All There…
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In Opposition To Scientism
Bo and Ben Winegard start their Quillette essay (thanks to K.A. Rodgers for the tip) "In Defense of Scientism" by saying "Truth is always provisional". Is that proposition true, or…
