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The War On Women Rallies
A woman does not have a right to do anything she wants with her own body. Neither does a man. Neither do you, dear reader. Nothing can be clearer…
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Do Conservatives Distrust Science More Than Liberals?
Science versus Scientism That, anyway, is the latest question making the rounds in the science wars. The simplistic answer, the one de rigueur on campuses and newsrooms, is "Yes." Why,…
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Climate Denial And Slavery
A common trope among academic philosophers, academic sociologists and the like---people without training in physics, that is---is to compare skepticism of the most shocking climate prognostications with belief in, and…
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Women Spot Snakes Faster Before Their Periods
An Irish non-nun spots a snake. It is nearly St Patrick's day and so time to revisit the legend of how that holy man drove the snakes from Ireland. Little…
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Low IQ & Liberal Beliefs Linked To Poor Research?
Watch out Sam Harris, Gordon Hodson and Michael A. Busseri of Brock University are giving you competition for the worst use of statistics in an original paper. Their "Bright Minds…
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Differences In Brains Between Believers And Atheists?
The following question was posed at the (inaptly named) magazine Scientific American, "Is there a difference between the brain of an atheist and the brain of a religious person?" It…
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Something To Be Thankful For: Climategate 2.0
Thanks to Mr, or Mrs, Anonymous, that generous individual who has graced us with a new batch of emails from the world's top climate scientists. These new missives are guaranteed…
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Your Belief In God Is Causing Your Denial Of AGW
Update Simon Donner has a blog post on this paper, which links back here. Since all comments are closed after 8 days (to battle spam), I'm moving this post to…