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A Twist In A Solution To Newcomb’s Paradox
Let's take a break from the insanity and wade into cool waters to start the weekend. I'll take it that you've watched this video, which purports to give a solution…
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Academics Throw Fit After Being Told They Don’t Throw Fits Over IQ & Race
There are many positions on IQ, the so-called intelligence quotient, but most fall into two camps. Those who reject IQ measures outright, because racism, and those who claim people have…
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Physics & Vertical Causation: The End of Quantum Reality by Wolfgang Smith Reviewed
Top Down One of the proofs of God's existence given to us by our good saint Thomas Aquinas is the argument from essential causal chains. (We have met this many…
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What Does It Mean To Assess Risk Wrong? Coronadoom Example
There is, as de Finetti said, no such thing as probability. So there is no such thing as risk, either, since risk relies upon probability. If there is no such…
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Sit Still — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
The hardest thing for any (sane) man to do is to sit still and take it like a real man. Especially when the 'it' is delivered by a shrieking witch.…
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The Physicist Brian Greene Does Not Exist — And Neither Do You — If The Nonexistent Greene Is Right
The excerpt of a collection of sounds from a thing which is called Brian Greene, but which isn't, is here: https://twitter.com/newscientist/status/1247891248783831047 The full "interview", which isn't really an interview, because…
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Coronavirus Update XXV: The Suppression Of Hydroxychloroquine & Other Conspiracies
The first section of this are fun conspiracies to highlight the political crisis. The second section are the numbers showing the medical crisis is over. The third section discusses the…
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AI Getting Too Good At Predicting Crime, So It’s Being Purged
If all we know about an American male is that he is an American male, we can use data on observed rates American males committed crimes to predict that this…