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On The Confirmation Bias Of Experts & Doctors
There is a thing in bad science, and indeed in all life, called confirmation bias. I've said many times that all scientists know and believe in the concept, just as…
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The Pope, Ecumenical Patriarch & Archbishop of Canterbury Walk Into A Bar
Guy called the Pope says, "I'll have a Holy Water, with a twist." Archbishop of Canterbury says "In the spirit of ecumenism, I'll have the same." Ecumenical Patriarch says, "Those…
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Propaganda Masquerading As Climate Science
If you are ignorant in a field, such as I am in ancient Peruvian pottery, you must look to purported authorities to settle disputes that might arise or for guidance…
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New Climate Change Report Once Again Promises, As It First Did In 1990, We Only Have A Few Years Left
How many times can you be wrong about a matter of great importance and still be taken seriously and not be fired? Trick question! The answer is: you can never…
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Shocking Report! Climate Change Will Destroy Us All! Gads!
Today's the day of the big AR6, the Committee of Experts report of the IPCC. Everybody knows the IPCC. They have been promising us runaway tipping point global warming since…
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Vexxines Killing Kids? Cult Of The Mask; Cult Of The Science; More! — Coronavirus Update LXXVI
ALL CAUSE DEATHS This is usually in the numbers section, but I worry the point I'm making is getting lost. The week-of-the-year all-cause deaths. Green line is 2021, red is…
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The Burden Of Proof On Climate Scientists—And Those Wishing For Its “Solutions”
UNCERTAINTY REQUIREMENTS If you say a calamity will befall me, and ask me to pay to protect against it, the burden is on you to (a) prove the calamity is…
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The Transition To Our Next Panic/Power-Grabbing Scheme — Earth Day Special Report
We haven't finished with the coroandoom panic, not yet. The leeches ("reporters") are still running around screaming about "raging surges", "surging rages", "variants", "breaking points", and so on and so…