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Steven Pinker, Crank

January 5, 2017

At least he doesn’t start out that way. The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that in an isolated system (one …

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The Good with the Bad

January 2, 2017

It’s become cliche to view 2016 as the worst year ever. Yes, it’s horrible that the most powerful country on …

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Model Behaviour

December 21, 2016

The results are finally in, my spreadsheet has been updated, and the model which best predicted the US election of …

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Model Evaluation for the 2016 US Election

November 8, 2016

Thank you, New York Times. They have a handy chart which lists the state-by-state probabilities for six different poll aggregators, …

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A Tale of Two Aggregators

November 7, 2016

Combining multiple polls together is an old idea, but in our interconnected and data-rich age it’s become a popular past …

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Dear “Politically Reactive,”

November 6, 2016

Longtime listener, big fan (please please please get someone on to talk about safe spaces and politically correctness), but I’m writing because a …

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Soooo… how about them Russians, eh?

October 11, 2016

Ugh. Apologies all, but I have way too much on my plate to do much blogging. It stinks, because I …

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Funny Story

September 6, 2016

It’s been a while, so the details may be wrong but the spirit is true. I briefly became acquanted with …

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The Dishonesty of the Anti-Choice Movement, part 40033

August 31, 2016

Whenever the US Food and Drug Administration approves a new medication, they list a specific treatment protocol derived from the …

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Poverty is Sexist

August 26, 2016

No, really. While the debate around this truth rages everywhere, girls and women living in extreme poverty – those often …

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