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dratman

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About dratman

My weblog and news site, http://newsfare.com">Newsfare, has mostly been devoted to U.S. politics. However, I've pretty much given up on that field since the recent anti-MoveOn resolution passed the Senate by something like 74 to 28. Pointless to continue, as far as I can see. Apparently these politicians are operating in a different dimension.

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    Comment #8510210

    "Predicting the future without a causal understanding of the system is epistemologically questionable." That is an intriguing assertion, but it is circular. One can only demonstrat…

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    Comment #858568

    So obviously variables should be able to have more than one name: a long one and a short one. SQL offers the ability to define an alias name. Unfortunately that would be a kind of …

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    Comment #58481

    I offer the following idea as both useful and general. Beliefs, or articles of faith, may be defined as intrinsically untestable assertions. Under that assumption, people can and s…