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RIP Wolfgang Smith: Philosopher, Scientist, Catholic
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RIP Wolfgang Smith: Philosopher, Scientist, Catholic

Catholic philosopher Wolfgang Smith died last Friday at age 94. Smith was one of the first in the movement to restore classical metaphysics to physics. Recall all physics must operate…
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Arrest All Stochastic Terrorists In Trump Assassination Attempt & Civilian Murder & Shootings
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Arrest All Stochastic Terrorists In Trump Assassination Attempt & Civilian Murder & Shootings

Class will be delayed one day, until tomorrow. Academics at universities, which are the best kind of academics, invented the idea of stochastic terrorism. According to academic James Angove (who…
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Life Outside Earth:  Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification
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Life Outside Earth: Ideas In Our Reenchantment & Rectification

SF writes: I’m reading Benedict XVI’s “In the Beginning” and he said something that has me thinking. According to Monod, there is in the universe not only necessity but also…
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Class 5: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Induction & Intellection
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Class 5: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Induction & Intellection

Link to all Classes. Video Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute Next week we finally begin probability. Let there be joy! HOMEWORK: Read. I mean it. Read the chapter below. Lecture…
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The Week In Doom: Follow The Science Edition
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The Week In Doom: Follow The Science Edition

The return of the Week in Doom seemed to go well enough last week, so I'll inflict it on you for another installment. Do Not Get Sick Item: "Minority Contracting…
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AI Needs To Feed On Fresh Meat, Or It Dies
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AI Needs To Feed On Fresh Meat, Or It Dies

In Asimov's original Foundation, a novel set amidst a fading and decaying Empire, one saturated in hubris and self-esteem, we meet Lord Dorwin, a celebrated scholar from the Galactic Empire,…
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Probability Doesn’t Exist: Nothing Has A Probability
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Probability Doesn’t Exist: Nothing Has A Probability

I hope you'll forgive this minor repetition, my friends. But since the world has not yet converted to the truth, shouted by de Finetti and handful of others, that probability…
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The Frequency Interpretation Of Probability Is False: Some Reasons Contra von Mises
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The Frequency Interpretation Of Probability Is False: Some Reasons Contra von Mises

What is the chance that "Donald Trump wins the 2024 Presidential election"? Impossible to say, says Richard von Mises, because the event is singular and must be embedded in an…
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    At last, an opportunity to join you in the "Quagmire of Marginal Statistics." This and later quote are from memory…

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    The alternative to preserved clay is, sooner rather than later, mouldy clay… Does this mean to create fear? There are…

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    Growing up in the late 1950s, I played with modeling clay almost every day. Who knows, back then it was…

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