Word is police are buying statistical algorithms which purport to predict crime. Not just at the neighborhood- or block-level, but for persons---meaning for you. Which of our readers is most…

Plutarch opens his Life of Sertorius with these two sentences: It is perhaps not a matter of surprise, if in the lapse of time, which is unlimited, while fortune is…

Today's post is at the Stream: Dice Games Prove Evolution Because Humans Believed In Punitive Gods? Answer this question: could you, by counting the number of coins some guy puts…

The titular question is in earnest, dear reader, just as it was for Amanda J. Stevenson and four others. Yes, those fine academics were just as perplexed as you probably…

Galloping to our doom Surveys of public attitudes in democracies are interesting. When pollsters aren't lying (more on this another day), polls are crude snapshots of the adult "general public's"…

One of the worst statistical arguments I've seen was used by our government to settle this case. Don't miss it below. So this Jay J. Bauer wanted to soar in…

Today's post is at Stream: Designer Babies To Be Super Intelligent? Word is that "Scientists in the UK could begin genetically engineering human embryos as early as March". But don't…

Today's post is at Stream: Obama Warns: Global Warming Deniers Now Face the Disapproval of ... Business Leaders! In his final State of the Union speech, President Obama said, "If…