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Mark Twain On The Dictatorship Of Health

I have quoted these words from Mark Twain many times. They never lose their relevance: There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable and smokable…

Culture

University’s Non-Discrimination Clause

I've been looking at university positions and typical is this fine print from the University of San Francisco (which used to be Catholic): The University of San Francisco is an…

Philosophy

Realism vs. Anti-Realism III: The anti-realist response — Guest Post by G. Rodrigues

We have no space to follow St. Thomas through all these negative heresies; but a word must be said about Nominalism or the doubt founded on the things that differ.…

Book review Culture Philosophy

We Have Evolved Beyond Evolution: How Can Evolution Help?

There is an argument favored by some fans of evolutionary psychology that goes something like this: For the vast majority of our 150,000 years or so on the planet, we…

Philosophy Statistics

Certainty & Uncertainty: Logical Probability & Statistics

Since we have spent the weekend with these matters, I thought it appropriate to include the first part of the Introduction to the new book I've been working on. It…

Culture

Holocaust Survivor Compares Climate Skeptics To Hitler Deniers

Micha Tomkiewicz is a physicist who tells us he was a child in the Warsaw Ghetto and Bergen-Belsen during World War II when the Nazis (and Soviets) were gleefully murdering…

Fun

Leon Panetta Unleashes U.S. Army To Battle Carbon Dioxide

"Sir!" The lieutenant, clearly agitated, rushed into the staff room and snapped to attention. "What is it, Mann? What's the word from the field?" asked the general. "We're surrounded, sir!"…

Book review Philosophy Statistics

There’s An End On’t! Gazzaniga’s Who’s In Charge? Reviewed: Part I

Who's In Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain by Michael S. Gazzaniga On the evening of October 10th 1769, in one of his typically curt dismissals of…

Milton Hathaway on Good Vs Bad Science (Models) & How You Can Tell The Difference: Think Twice ScienceOctober 13, 2025
In the spirit of "all models are wrong, but some are useful", I'm willing to take a closer look at…
Mark Miller on Good Vs Bad Science (Models) & How You Can Tell The Difference: Think Twice ScienceOctober 13, 2025
This post my move you up on the Hague's list. If you were a betting man would you bet the…
Brian (bulaoren) on Class 68: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The WRONG WayOctober 9, 2025
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Lou on Class 68: The Philosophy Of Models (Regression): The WRONG WayOctober 9, 2025
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Johnno on The Lancet’s New Push To Ban MeatOctober 9, 2025
A short extract from "Remarks to the Commonwealth Club" by Michael Crichton, San Francisco, September 15, 2003. "Today, one of…