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Researchers Tell Models To Say People Will Die Without Your Money
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Researchers Tell Models To Say People Will Die Without Your Money

Here is how the political magazine Nature opened its article "25 million deaths: what could happen if the US ends global health funding: Models estimate the ginormous potential impact of…
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Science: The Bigger The Hole In The Head, The More Politically Active
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Science: The Bigger The Hole In The Head, The More Politically Active

One lesson I've worked hard at imparting is that scientists, being generally of slightly above average intelligence, and sometimes more, excel at finding evidence which supports their beliefs. But that…
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The Theory Of Misinformation Argues For Restoring Literacy Tests For Voting
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The Theory Of Misinformation Argues For Restoring Literacy Tests For Voting

I have been critical of the theory of Official Mis- and Official Disinformation, given that they necessarily imply the existence of Official Truths (see blog/Substack). As I have long said,…
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Mandating Too Many Women In Science
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Mandating Too Many Women In Science

Too many of the big stories in our fading empire have to do with the destructive caustic leveling effects of egalitarianism. The Faith of the Enlightenment. Equality is the false…
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Class 32: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)
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Class 32: The Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)

All can and should read this post! Not just those actively taking the Class. This is an introduction to Epidemiology, a science which has done tremendous damage to clear thinking.…
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“Feminism Is A Disease Of The Rich”
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“Feminism Is A Disease Of The Rich”

The title quote is from David Stove, coming in a 1985 essay entitled "Jobs for Girls". That date is as good as any to celebrate as the birth of Woke,…
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Are Caps on Atmospheric Emissions of Human Activities Equal to Traffic Rules? — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
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Are Caps on Atmospheric Emissions of Human Activities Equal to Traffic Rules? — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp

Introduction Capping atmospheric emissions of, say, carbon dioxide, ammonia, NOx, and so on, should be understood as nothing more than setting and enforcing traffic laws. The same would go for…
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How Failing To Butcher Your Child Became “Child Abuse”
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How Failing To Butcher Your Child Became “Child Abuse”

Three females, which I believe is significant, took to the pages of the journal Pediatrics and argued that failing to have a surgeon mutilate your child (for a large fee)…
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    DEAR BRIGGS; YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT tHE PRINCIPLES OF REASONING ARE 'ENTROPY MINIMAX,' AS DESCRIBED BY…

  2. JH on The If I Were God Fallacy & EvolutionAugust 1, 2025

    But... all human expressions about God are generally made under the premise of "if I were God." lol

  3. NLR on Class 59: The Hardest Hypothesis In The WorldJuly 31, 2025

    Presumably if the tea and milk are mixed up sufficiently she couldn't tell from the taste or texture. So I'm…

  4. Gespenst on Class 59: The Hardest Hypothesis In The WorldJuly 31, 2025

    Perhaps one can do no better than to say, "Miss Grundworthy was presented with n cups of tea with the…

  5. polybius on The If I Were God Fallacy & EvolutionJuly 31, 2025

    If I were God the word would not be as it is The world is as it is therefore I…

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