See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. Previous post. Recall that the First Way has already been done. Meaning we […]
The Alternative To P-Values
I apologize for the abruptness of the notation. It will be understandable only to a few. I don’t like to use it without sufficient background because the risk of reification is enormous […]
Observational Versus Controlled Trials
Received this email from a reader: I took on board all I read on your website, and it has created confusion in my mind. I have been reading Ioannidis and others about […]
Nine Counter-Arguments To Frequentism
It is well to collect cogent proofs of frequentism’s failings so that supporters of that theory can look upon them and find joy. Alan Hájek has done yeoman service in this regard […]
Everything Wrong With P-Values Under One Roof
Update 8 January 2019. This post has been superseded! There is an official paper of this material, greatly expanded and vetted. SEE THIS NEW POST. THE NEW PAPER: Here is a link […]
Logical Probability Data Analysis, Measurement Error Example
Read the introduction to this first. If you don’t, you will be lost, lost, lost. Logical probability answer to B The answer to B follows from A. The picture is of what […]
Voting (And Wisdom Of The Crowds)
First read Wisdom of the Crowds (and Voting). There are in this great land of ours some 315 million souls. Citizens, I mean. Another 12 millions (or so) are, as the euphemism […]
Why Falsifiability, Though Flawed, Is Alluring: Part I
A theory is said not to be scientific unless it is falsifiable. This is an understandable definition, but as something philosophically useful it fails because most theories scientists hold are not falsifiable. […]
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