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-Benjamin Franklin
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Trego Population Larger than Montana’s Smallest County
For years, Petroleum County has been Montana’s smallest county. World Population Review explains it part of it: Petroleum County, which has a population of 513 people. Since the last census in 2010, Petroleum County’s population has seen an increase of 4.91%. Following up after Petroleum County, other small counties in Montana include Treasure County (679), Read more
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Where the Money Is
I’ve been looking for macroeconomic data, and found this chart. Remember, sociologists have been split off from economists for over a century – so I am definitely not an expert on the topic – but it feels like this chart has some face validity. The chart comes from an article at treeofwoe.substack.com . Another graph Read more
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Philisophical Razors
There are some tools for doing good research (as opposed to arguments or lobbying). One of the tools of research is the philosophical razor – probably going back to Occam’s Razor. The article at lifelessons.co lists and describes 9 philosophical razors that make research easier. It begins with: Popper’s falsifiability principle is a solid basis – Read more
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Low Birth Rate- by Sarah Hayford and Karen Guzzo
US birth rates are at record lows – even though the number of kids most Americans say they want has held steady Sarah Hayford, The Ohio State University and Karen Benjamin Guzzo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Birth rates are falling in the U.S. After the highs of the Baby Boom in the mid-20th Read more
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The Snow Goose and the Bald Eagle
Friday morning came, and with the second cup of coffee I saw a snow goose flying in from the east, pursued by a bald eagle. When we lived in the flyway it was fairly common to see a snowgoose knocked from the sky by an eagle – but here, with the ponds, the eagle attacks Read more
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Covid and Faceblindness?
I’ve revised my perspective on nasty side-effects of COVID. It isn’t that some of the listed side effects of the disease or its vaccinations are suddenly sounding like a lot more fun, it’s that I recently read about someone who acquired my own personal tragedy via Covid-19. I’ve been faceblind for almost a decade, and Read more
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