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Muslim Presidents
My new essay on Muslim Presidents is up at Medium. Historic comments from the years this site was hosted on Weebly Sheri10/1/2015 09:48:56 am Ben Carson said he would be okay with a Muslim president if that individual swore to uphold the Constitution and denounced Sharia law. That is not really the same thing as…
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Call for examples of politically-biased research
We’re looking for examples of politically-biased research in social science. The fields we’re most interested in are political psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, and economics, but any example from social science would be appreciated. Please send them to [email protected]. A canonical form of bias would be cases where the researchers embed their political ideologies into…
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Calling volunteer editors, TOC maestros
Hi all – I’m looking for volunteers to do some light editing on my longer reports / posts, particularly those on the Cook and Lewandowsky scams. I’d like to migrate that content to the new site, but with better structuring. If anyone is interested in adding a Table of Contents to the longer posts, along…
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New website… / RStudio
Yes, I know promised a new website yesterday. (Sorry, Lucia I deleted that post for no good reason.) I’ve delayed the launch – it wasn’t quite right yet, and I need to focus on dissertation and other work for a couple of days. Speaking of new websites, the RStudio people are awesome and have released…
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Medical records hacked
4.5 million hospital records were hacked, apparently by a notorious Chinese hacking group. I’ve been concerned about the security of medical records for years – the issue has been obscured by the huge business breaches like Target, Nieman Marcus, and now Home Depot (Russian hacking teams, usually based in Odessa, Ukraine.) There’s a basic structural…
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But climate scientist so-and-so says it’s not a big deal…
Do you have a piece of paper handy? If so, grab a beer and something to write with. 1. Write down all the names of climate scientists that you can remember — anyone you’ve read about or seen. If you’re a super cool person, you’ll do this before you scroll down to the next step.…