I am only about two years behind on my emails. Every email folks send me is worthy of a full post, but obviously I am so far behind I’ll never catch up. […]
March For Science A Dud: Updates
Stream: March For Science A Dud. (Note: Our series with the good saint Thomas Aquinas will return next Sunday. This current post will remain on top through Sunday: watch for updates.) I […]
Middle Ground Between Precautionary Principle & Inaction
From reader (and listener!) Phil Pilkington (there asterisks are original): Hi Matt, Loved your speech. Hyperskeptical Economist that I am, M Taleb did us some great favours in outlining the silliness of […]
Answering A Global Warming True Believer
A reader receive a plaintive email from an associate who had converted to a global warming True Believer. The reader asked if I would answer the associate. I do so below. In […]
Taleb’s Curious Views On Probability — Part III: Ergodicity & All That
Read Part I, Part II Ergodic in probability has a technical definition. Without going into mathematical details (which are fine except possibly when applied), a “sequence” is defined as a run of […]
DDP: Quack Cures For What Doesn’t Ail Us, Part II
I’m at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness meeting in No-History City, Louisiana. Here’s Part II of (an earlier draft of) the speech I gave Saturday. Consider donating $1 for every typo you […]
Dissed By Thunk Tank Climate Flacks In Nature Magazine
I’m going to have to start charging you guys for reading this blog. For I am now a named person and known associate of top minds. Like Freeman Dyson. Yes, sir. The […]
The Pope Is Wrong About Global Warming
God bless Pope Francis. But he is wrong about global warming, and even wronger about “special interests” trying to keep global warming going. The Holy Father knows a lot more than I […]
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