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If there is no God, then everything is permitted…
I’ve often wondered about this statement, and now I’ve found it: If there is no God, everything is permitted; if there is a God, it’s even more terrifying, because then some things are not permitted, and men have got to find out which are which. Tip from the Instapundit. Read more
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Statistics for Experimental Biologists
The Endeavor’s John Cook just tweeted @StatFact about four kinds of statistics, which led me to this wonderful site, Statistics for Experimental Biologists. What a fabulous resource for my Statistics 1403 course! Read more
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Got the blues? Maybe you need…
…a yellow ukelele and some happy feet. Beats the Hell out of all this snark and evasion we’re getting from our Intellectual Betters, and all that drab crap the Fashionistas are hawking. Tip from The Parkway Rest Stop. Read more
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The Dutch Book, made simple
Briggsy gives a dead-simple explanation for spotting and profiting from a Dutch Book set of odds. Even an undergrad can do it! Read more
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It’s past time for a name change, let’s do it
Glen Reynolds has a great idea, but he missed a cool opportunity for a killer rebranding: change the name from “Tea Party” to “Beer Party.” What’s not to like? Read more
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Maybe y’all should listen to those old squares
Mom’s First Law of Floods: Where water has been before, water will be again. Lots of Japanese ignored that law, but the folks of Aneyoshi followed it scrupulously. Too bad most folks don’t stop to read the writing on the wall–or on those corny old stone markers, either… Update (9 April). Masanobu Shishikura didn’t need… Read more
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Talk about noisy apartments!
No car chases, explosions, big names, CGI graphics, or any of that other Hollywood crap. Just two guys and a loft apartment. Magic. Tip from the American Digest. Read more
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Flipping education!
The Amazing Khan does it again with his suggestion to do lectures OUTSIDE class, and “homework” IN class. The guy’s a madman. A wonderful, gifted madman. Update (28 March). This must be a big deal inedeed if even cow grazier Gary Jones gets intrigued. Read more
The Random Texan 