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Reddit Bans Dissent
I tried posting a thing or two at Reddit a while back (by invitation), but one of my i's wasn't dotted, or a t wasn't crossed, and the ankle biters…
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Author Says Machines Will Take Over The World
At the Singularity awaits The Beast. Or so says James Barrat in Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era (Yours Truly only read the free…
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Twenty Tips For Interpreting Scientific Claims
Title of today's post is taken from article of the same name in Nature by William Sutherland, David Spiegelhalter, Mark Burgman. Several readers asked me to comment. I'll assume you've…
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North Korea’s Brilliant Climate Change Strategy
Originally seen on Real Science, and culled from the US Department of Energy (thank you, Government!), comes this informative picture: Environmental activists are surely taking notes on the Democratic People's…
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Why Falsifiability, Though Flawed, Is Alluring: Part II Climate Model Example
Three-card Monte Pseudo FalsificationRead Part I Take the various theories of the doom which await us when global warming finally strikes. Like Sharknadoes. Or, better, take the theory of global…
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Daily Links & Comments
@1 False widow spiders on the march! Under orders from global warming. Link @2 Washington Post's astonishing database of non-profit shenanigans. The big secret is millions go missing from NGOs:…
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Scientific Forecasts, Not Scenarios, For Climate Policy—Guest Post by J. Scott Armstrong
The human race has prospered by relying on forecasts that the seasons will follow their usual course, while knowing they will sometimes be better or worse. Are things different now?…
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On The Intersection Of Scientist And Politicians—Guest Post by An Engineer
"An Engineer" is a gentleman who has practiced Civil, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering for more than 40 years. He has been granted patents for a number of practical inventions, and…