The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science used to be a prestigious journal. And still is. Getting a paper in PNAS is a mark of approval from the scientific community at […]
Why Principal Component Analysis Ain’t All That
My enemies managed to change the spelling of Principal in the title. They are everywhere. Principal Component Analysis There is an extremely popular analytic technique called Principal Component Analysis, or PCA. It […]
“Why Didn’t Use You The [fill in the blank] Model On That NZ Data, Briggs?”
“Hey, Briggs. I saw your take on the leaked New Zealand vaccine data. Interesting. But why didn’t you use [Insert My Favorite Statistics Model Here]?” [Blog, Substack mirror.] I’ll tell you why […]
“No Convincing Evidence That Depression Is Associated With, Or Caused By, Lower Serotonin Concentrations Or Activity”
That lack of, or low, serotonin drives “depression” is a medial truism, say many. Those who say it most strongly are those companies manufacturing chemicals to boost serotonin levels (or prevent its […]
Why Experts Hate Racial Differences In Intelligence
Steve Sailer highlights an interesting new paper on “cognitive ability” and genetic ancestry (which, in an effort to forestall criticism, perhaps, Sailer calls a “scientific paper”). It’s “Linear and partially linear models […]
How Not To Think Like A Bayesian Rationalist
Lisping Rationalists When I read people like Eliezer Yudkowsky and Scott Alexander it becomes clear to me how the French could have built a Temple of Reason during The Terror. Constructed, you […]
We’d Never Be Where We Are Except For Technology — Coronadoom Update CXII
Increased technology is responsible for the coronadoom bug, panic, and “solutions” tyranny. If our level of technology was less, there would have been no bug, there would have been no ability to […]
The Official Regime Coronadoom Narrative Has Taken A Series Of Vicious Body Blows
Been a busy week or two for the regime. They’re having an increasingly difficult time holding back Reality from leaking into the coronadoom narrative. Not everywhere, of course. Austria is moving to […]
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