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Video of the second debate between Mike Licona and Bart Ehrman

Wintery Knight wrote 1 month ago: I was browsing on Mike’s web site and found links to these videos. Here they are: 4 videos in … more →

Tags: videos, Debates, Resurrection, Mike Licona, Bart Ehrman, Minimal Facts, Early Attestation, Multiple Attestation, historical method

Twombly, Iqbal, Congress, and The End of Plausibility Pleading

Josh wrote 1 month ago: Being in law school makes law-related news (particularly, that of the non-constitutional variety) mo … more →

Tags: Law, Politics, Congress, David Souter, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Iqbal, notice pleading, Rules Enabling Act, The Supreme Court

The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Plausibility

juliaclaire wrote 2 months ago: The plausibility of a story becomes very important when one is thinking about their audience and how … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Imagination, talking animals, animals wearing clothes, Fantasy, Peter Rabbit

Culmination

noproperuse wrote 2 months ago: In order to help Sarah sell enough cookies to win the space camp trip, Ross becomes an honorary Brow … more →

Tags: Entertainment, Ross, brown bird, space camp, Cookies, Sarah, culmination

Quick thought about "bite me, jewboy"

D. Jason Fleming wrote 2 months ago: In case you haven’t come across it yet, an NBC producer apparently responded to a standard pre … more →

Tags: Antisemitism, bite me jewboy, forgery, fraud, likelihood, Mainstream media, NBC, The Anointed, the priveleged class

Add something "sciencey" to improve your plausability

Chris Willmott wrote 2 months ago: There are many reasons why I am grateful to have spent some of my summer reading Ben Goldacre’ … more →

Tags: Education, Paper review, Science, Teaching, bad science, Ben Goldacre, Cognition, Deena Weisberg, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Baloney Detection 101: Plausibility

Troythulu wrote 5 months ago: Science is not just a static body of knowledge; it is a cumulative effort: all of its viable theorie … more →

Tags: Skepticism, Medicine, Science, pseudoscience, knowledge, Evidence, baloney detector, Baloney Detection, Probability

Seven Questions for any Smart New Idea™ in Science:

Troythulu wrote 7 months ago: Here’s something I thought I’d share: some important things to ask when assessing the claims of susp … more →

Tags: Skepticism, Philosophy, Science, Antiscience, pseudoscience, Falsification, Crankery, Special Pleading, Theory

Tough Questions Answered has first report of Licona/Ehrman debate!

Wintery Knight wrote 8 months ago: Here is their commentary on the recent Licona vs. Ehrman debate at SES. And they didn’t even t … more →

Tags: News, Debates, Resurrection, Mike Licona, Bart Ehrman, Minimal Facts, Early Attestation, Multiple Attestation, historical method

Believe it or not

Robb wrote 9 months ago: Last week, I heard on the Discovery Channel that the latest data puts Americans in the least possibi … more →

Tags: General, Nature, Belief, Natural, Facts, reality, Experiences

Tools of Screenwriting Techniques through Battle Royale2 comments

mcponce540 wrote 1 year ago:  Battle Royale: Preparation and Aftermath:      Battle Royale immediately sets up the foundation for … more →

Tags: battle royale, tools of screenwriting, Aftermath, Preparation

Effects of context on eye movements when reading about possible and impossible events

Callier Library wrote 1 year ago: from the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition Plausibility violations … more →

Tags: language comprehension, eye movements

Humor Metamorphosing into Horror1 comment

Pat Bertram wrote 1 year ago: My work in progress, a tongue-in-cheek apocalyptic novel, is metamorphosing into a horror story. I s … more →

Tags: writing, Life, Thoughts, Random, musings, Humor, Horror, Details, Police procedurals

What is it with men and toys?1 comment

thirithch wrote 2 years ago: Honestly. You can’t take John Locke anywhere. Get to a nice, cosy place wired with plastic exp … more →

Tags: Video, TV, lost tv, Television, Series, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Island, mcgyver


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