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1) We now have to face the fact that what is called "social science" and "evidence based" is scientifically shown to be equivalent to "bullshit vending". Except less elegant, of course.

Which brings us back to ancestral heuristics, #Lindy, #SkinintheGame
2) 2 ½ years ago I proved MATHEMATICALLY p-values need to be lowered by at least 1 order of magnitude.

Now @BrianNosek et al, 75 authors mysteriously realize that p-values need to be lowered by.... 1 order of magnitude. List includes of course a bunch of Harvards I insulted.
3) The REPLICATION CRISIS a VINDICATION for citizens SICK & TIRED of the Harvards w/a sense of entitlement treating practitioners as immature pple lost without their "science" when it is STATISTICALLY shown Harvards are no better than Ms Bré, fortune teller.
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1) Religious statements are not epistemic (scientific, literal) claims, but risk-survival heuristics under incomplete understanding. Populations with the right risk heuristics survive. Others perish.

2) Christianity has a built-in separation church/state.

#SkinintheGame
For those who don't get that Christianity is about church!= state
medium.com/incerto/we-don…
Harris @SamHarrisOrg: style & content of the charlatan.

1 Arguments entirely strawman; engages in mocking for effect.

2 Imposture "neuroscientist" when he is just a journalist/writer: would a university/lab hire him as junior faculty in *neuroscience*?
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