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Hot New The Science: Kids Are Having Climate Emotions
Way, way back I ran a quarter-hearted contest for the Worst Science of the Year.
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Merry Christmas!
Joyous Happy Birthday to Our Lord, and a Merry Christmas to you all my friends.
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The Lesson Scientists Never Learn
Since it is a slow week, I was thinking about variations on Rupert Sheldrake’s idea of morphic resonance, and how these might apply to an Aristotelian…
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House Cramnibus Funds New Follow-The-Science Panics
Our rulers, as much as we criticize them, exceed at one thing.
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Probability Puzzle Paradox: Which Boxes To Take?
Newcomb's Paradox Solved! (Again)
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As Woke Falls, What Rises?
In the heat of the Great Awokening, when it burned its brightest, many on the side of Reality tried their hand at defining woke. My own effort was a…
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Class 32: The Evils, Excesses & Errors Of Epidemiology I (All Should Read)
All can and should read this post!
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Who’s Better at Playing Doctor, Boys Or Girls?
Keeping with Fadeback Fridays, which is soon to be an international success, this classic post, which originally ran on 23 December 2016. It’s yet…
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How The Enlightenment Led To Contraception (And Other Forms of Anti-Natal Behavior)
We continue our leisurely and in-depth study of the works of David Stove.
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Science Model Told To Say Masks Work Discovers Masks Work
Ladies and gentlemen—and you, too, Hagfish—I present to you Science! In the form of the picture that heads today’s post.
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In Which Feynman Makes A Mistake: Negative Probabilities (Used In AI, QM, Finance)
Richard Feynman wasn’t the first to suggest negative probabilities.
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Class 31: How Views Diverge With New Evidence
Is Trump a Russian Asset?
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