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Trend Models & The Inability To Discover Cause
The plot atop this post is one of an observable, the cause of which is known to be related to a variety of physical, chemical, biological, geographical, and even sociological…
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A Society Run By Atheist Scientists Would Be Horrible
Skeptic Michael Shermer is pleased the number of folks with no religious affiliation is growing, and will likely continue to grow. One estimate is that "there are more than 64…
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Pay More Taxes And Live Longer. Wee P-value Alert!
It's bottom-of-the-barrel trolling to cite anything from Daily Kos, but this one is particularly asinine and worth showing to demonstrate the futility of p-values. Thanks to Al Perrella for the…
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Why Child Sex Abuse & Trafficking Is Allowed To Continue — Guest Post by Cassandra Outlander
A brief summary from an new contributor. Child sex abuse and trafficking is as horrific as it is unbelievable, which is one reason why the criminals involved are able to…
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The Future of ‘Merry Christmas’ in America
Stream: The Future of 'Merry Christmas' in America We'll soon be able to say "Merry Federally Recognized Holiday of December 25th That Shall Be Nameless!" Strike that. I meant "Merry…
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Pew: Partisan Divides Over Political Values Widen, Part I
Pew has a survey out which measures, sort of, our increasing political and cultural apartness (a.k.a. apartheid). The gap between the political values of Democrats and Republicans is now larger…
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The Most Depressing (Government) Graph
Stream: The Most Depressing (Government) Graph There is no one picture that can capture the inexorable rise and reach of Leviathan, but if you had to pick just one, the…
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Pew: Partisan Divides Over Political Values Widen, Part II
Read Part I first. On the subject of Islamic violence (see the picture leading the article), Pew says: While overall public views have shifted only modestly, the partisan gap on…
