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Negative Evidence
People, scientists included, since most of them are also people, are good at finding evidence for desirable propositions. If you want to discover reasons why the earth is really flat,…
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Clintel essay: Pope Francis’ Climate Crusade or the erosion of faith in God
This essay was by my brother in intellectual arms Jaap Hanekamp and Yours Truly. It appears at the Clintel site, whose motto is "There is no climate emergency". You will…
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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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Should Doctors Be Put In Charge Of Making Decisions About Bodies?
Answer me this: is a man, say a veterinarian, more or less moral because he has memorized all breeds of dog? Does this give him a better grasp of right…
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Experts’ Tears Flow
THE BLOG IS NOT SENDING OUT EMAILS. I'M CHECKING INTO IT. Conan was right. The best part, at least for now, of the SCOTUS ruling overturning the Chevron test is…
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The Misinformation Dis(mis)course Revisited : The Losing Battle of The Academic Expertocracy — Guest Post by Jaap Hanekamp
Introduction Some time ago I wrote about The science of fake news. I must confess, I find this misinformation discourse thoroughly boring. Why? Because it reveals the most plebeian of human…
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Class 9: Nothing Has A Probability: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science:
Link to all Classes. Video Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute HOMEWORK: Find a contentious event, some P and the disputed evidence Q, and describe (in words; we haven't done numbers…
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Class 8: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: What Probability Is 1
Link to all Classes. Video Links: YouTube Twitter Rumble Bitchute Link to all Classes. HOMEWORK THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS UNCONDITIONAL PROBABILITY, I.E. THERE IS NO Pr(A), only Pr(A|B).…