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Predictions For 2016—Register Yours Today!
It's that time of year again. Time to put your reputation on the line and show us your pudding, if that is the metaphor I want. Even if it isn't,…
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How’d We Do On Our 2015 Predictions?
The answer to the post title's question is: I'm not so sure. Because why? Because the predictions everybody registered were lost when I was hacked last January. Why was I…
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Nobody Expects The Roman Climate Inquisition—Guest Post by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley
Editor's note: This piece originally appeared at WND.com and is reprinted here with permission. In the zany 1970s hit comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus, popular on both sides of…
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Stream: Trump’s—No, Wait—The Republican Debate
Today's post is at the Stream: Trump's---No, Wait---The Republican Debate. Winner? No question about it, it was Trump at a canter. This was conceded even before the debate began in…
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Stream: Climate Circus, Climate Clowns at #COP21
Update Tell me: are we getting sick of discussing this topic, or what? It seems that, as is sane and rational, most of us would rather move on to something…
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Stop Teaching Frequentism; More On That “Altruism” Study; Etc.
Freq Out Reader ECM points us to "The Great Statistical Schism", by a fellow named Brendon Brewer who "is a senior lecturer in the Department of Statistics in Auckland." Brewer…
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When Colleges Divest, Who Wins? Hint: Not The Colleges
I don't normally do this, but it's a special occasions. Here's a press release from the National Association of Scholars announcing the release of their report Inside Divestment: The Illiberal…
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Universities Like Missouri & Yale? Nuke ’em From Orbit. It’s The Only Way To Be Sure.
A version of this post originally ran 12 November 2014, but given the events in Missouri, Yale, and elsewhere, it is time to up the payload. What happens when you…