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The Aggravations Of Experts
The radio had on a woman frightened about passing on coronadoom to her kids via breast milk. That the lady was fearful isn't surprising given the constant bombardment of coronadoom…
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The Impossibility of Star-Trek Like Transporters
According to SyFy Magazine there was an episode of Star Trek: The Woke Generation (Kirk ≫ Picard) in which Riker was transporting himself to the ship, but where a mysterious…
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Remarks On Pew’s Polarized Partisan Poll
Pew has a large survey out with the title "In a Politically Polarized Era, Sharp Divides in Both Partisan Coalitions: Partisanship remains biggest factor in public's political values." I have…
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Those-Who-Enjoy-Sodomy Attacked With Tanning Salons! Wee P-Values Confirm
To prove that we are indeed doomed, and that we haven't even come close to hitting the bottom of the bottomless Pit Of Progress, this Newsweek headline: TANNING SALONS COULD…
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Sing, Ye Gods, Of The Wrath Of Achilles — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Remember the line 'Sing, ye gods, of the wrath of Achilles'? First line of the Old Testament. I guess it depends on which Bible you are reading. In this case,…
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How Might Angels (Good or Bad) Work?
First best and truest answer to the titular question is: I do not know. That non-material, i.e. spiritual beings, are real is, in my mind, indisputable. So is whether they…
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Another AI Exaggeration: It Can Say Why There Is Religious Conflict
Dear reader, though you won't believe it, there is such a thing as the Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. When you search its name, Google shows you this:…