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Class 42: Causal & Deterministic Models
The word to determine is ambiguous.
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“Climate Change” Is Making People Live Longer!
Here’s the panicky headline: “Long periods of extreme heat can accelerate biological age, scientists say”.
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David Hume's Anti-Miracle Argument Is Poor
David Hume, as you know, wrote on miracles.
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The Case For Ending Government Funding of Science
Direct government funding of science has to end.
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Class 41: What Is Cause Like?
Every probability and statistics class I’ve ever heard of starts with math applied to observations—with all notions of what probability is and what…
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February 2025

Catholicism Vs The US Conference of Catholic Bishops — Guest Post by Uncle Mike
Many years ago my forestry consulting services were requested by a group of Catholic nuns, Benedictines, who own a large tract of land in the Pacific…
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On Scott Adams's Vax-Decision Analysis
Dilbert’s Scott Adams posted a video on his reasoning behind his decision whether to get vaxed during the covid panic.
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Against The Anthropic Principle
My friend (and friend of ours) Bob Kurland gave the presentation “Our Goldilocks Universe” at the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and…
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Class 40: Welcome to Cause!
This is it.
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It’s Okay To Trust DOGE To Cut Cut Cut: Stream
The US Office of Personal Management reported in 2017, the latest date I could find, that there were, summed across all territories, types, and…
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Time To End Bad Science Like This
I remind you, yet again, that all models only say what they are told to say.
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2,800 — And Growing — Scientists Butthurt Over Elon Musk Squeal To The Royal Society
Of all the glorious winning we have had this last month, this is my favorite by far.
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