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Headline: We Used Terrible Science to Justify Smoking Bans. Amen: We Did

When they used to tell me I would shorten my life ten years by smoking, they little knew the devotee they were wasting their puerile word upon---they little knew how…

Statistics

Chapter 10 of Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics FREE for New Subscribers!

Today a deal so unbelievable that it can't be believed! No, wait. In fact, the deal was so unbelievable that it couldn't be believed. This follows logically: that which is…

Book review Statistics

Uncertainty Reviewed Again: It is such a good book, and I recommend it without reservation

Don Aitkin, author of Moving On: A Tale of the Millennium, also available here, and feted here, and reviewed here, has reviewed my Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability and…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Plato On The Soul

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. The ghost…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: Souls Survive The Body: Plan Accordingly

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. Once again,…

Culture Philosophy

Is Homosexuality A Disability?

Guy's walking along, innocent like, when, lo, he has his "nuts bit off by a Laplander". Perhaps needless to say, his young wife is distressed over the incident. What goes…

Philosophy Statistics

The New Religion Of Dataism (Another Version Of Man-As-God)

Dataism is the word coined by Yuval Noah Harari in his essay for an optimistic, practical implementation of Scientism. Just as divine authority was legitimised by religious mythologies, and human…

Book review Statistics

‘Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics’ Reviewed Again

The following review appeared in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (pdf). Jane Orient is the lead doc at Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, publishers of the journal.…

shawn marshall on The Dysgenics Of IVFNovember 12, 2025
it is unnatural - isn't it. You can have it all baby. If you conceive kill it until you are…
C-Marie on In Which An Atheist Becomes Sputteringly Angry Over Theist’s ArgumentNovember 11, 2025
Dear Cary D. Cotterman, God loves you. On purpose, with your whole being, receive and accept His Love for you,…
Jim Fedako on In Which An Atheist Becomes Sputteringly Angry Over Theist’s ArgumentNovember 11, 2025
Some may say he hypostatizes science. I say the opposite. Though I speak at length with science, it has never…
Cary D Cotterman on In Which An Atheist Becomes Sputteringly Angry Over Theist’s ArgumentNovember 11, 2025
I promise to believe in God when I see God. I don't think I deserve eternal burning agony for that.…
Uncle Mike on In Which An Atheist Becomes Sputteringly Angry Over Theist’s ArgumentNovember 11, 2025
I've long favored the "What you see is what you get" argument. Because the more we look what we see…