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The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions by David Berlinski

A modified version of this article ran 14 April 2008. There are a recent number of books seeking to either demonstrate, scientifically, that God does not exist, or to show…

Statistics

Eliminate The P-Value (and Bayes Factor) Altogether & Replace It With This

Good news and bad news. Good news it that there is a growing number of people who are aware that p-values are sinking science and they want to do something,…

Statistics

New Paper! A Volatile Discourse

Here's the abstract from the peer-reviewed (so you know everything in it must be true and sworn to by every rational human being now and forever) paper "A volatile discourse…

Statistics

Answering Ben Santer’s Trickle-Down Ignorance on Climate — Santer Responds Update!

Stream: Answering Ben Santer's Trickle-Down Ignorance on Climate Climatologist Ben Santer says living in the "darkness of the Trump administration's scientific ignorance" is like the time he nearly killed himself…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: The Soul Begins At Conception, Part II

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. Part II…

Book review Philosophy

Reasoning To Belief: Feser’s The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism — Part I

This series originally began 5 August 2012. The links to the remainder are below. Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part Interlude, Part IV, Part V, Part VI. Part…

Culture

GOP Baseball Shooting Open Thread

Golly, we seem to be doing a lot of this we-interrupt-this broadcast type of posts lately. Perhaps that 'climate of violence' business we've been hearing from the media is real…

Culture

Why Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People?

Why are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People? Couple of academics just asked the question, "Why is Intelligence Negatively Associated with Religiousness?" "The answer", one report says, "is that religion…

Tars Tarkas on Whoring For Climate ChangeSeptember 23, 2026
"And who better to help relay the urgency of climate change than sex workers? “ I hate the widespread use…
Brian (bulaoren) on Whoring For Climate ChangeSeptember 23, 2026
Some people don't know the difference between "an oracle" and "an orifice".
McChuck on Lady Academics Tire Of Being Judged By Peer ReviewSeptember 22, 2026
I have never seen a better example of why women should not be educated beyond the very basics necessary for…
Cary Cotterman on Lady Academics Tire Of Being Judged By Peer ReviewSeptember 21, 2026
Every time I think I've read about an academic paper at the very bottom of the abyss of idiocy, another…
Tars Tarkas on Lady Academics Tire Of Being Judged By Peer ReviewSeptember 21, 2026
"articulating that the checkboxes presume a reviewer who is an objective, disembodied expert untouched by power. " They aren't wrong…