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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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!"…
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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…
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The Lady Tasting Tea: Bayes Versus Frequentism; Part I (updated)
Since the subject arose yesterday, and for other reasons which I'll explain later, I thought we should revisit this series, which ran a year ago. I have edited and expanded…