There is this idea in statistics called the “bootstrap.” The idea is not crazy, but it’s not quite right either. Works like this: data comes in, and usually some parameterized probability (PP) […]
Expert Calls To Experts Yet Still Fail To See Why Not All Believe In “Climate Change”
I looked up one Lasse S. Stoetzer. Soy-faced economics degree holder. Sketchy beard. Keeps Funko-Pop-like toys on his bookshelf. He looks like a living meme. I also looked up a fellow named […]
Stats Challenge Answered: Study Of PFAS & Vaccine Antibodies
I trust you have read the original post (Blog, Substack). If not, do so, because I won’t repeat any of it here. However, even if you haven’t, you might still profit from […]
Scientists Use The Double-Dog Epidemiologist Fallacy To Claim Breathing Induces Antibiotic Resistance
Thanks to AS! I don’t have your email, so I hope you see this. The epidemiologist fallacy occurs when a scientist announces, directly or implicitly, that X Causes Y, but where X […]
Turns Out The Vex Likely Caused Myocarditis & Pericarditis After All
Remember how the woke and super-concerned and awfully caring and, most of all, ignorant (I use this word in its technical sense) censors at YouTube, Twitter and all the rest quashed accounts […]
What Is a Model of a Model of a Model? “Climate Change”!
One of our main themes is Uncertainty. In short, there is not enough of it, especially in Science. Which is to say, there is a surfeit of certainty. We drown in false […]
What The Sports Illustrated Curse Says About The Reproducibility Crisis
The so-called Sports Illustrated curse is easy to understand. A player or team excels, which is to say it does much better than they usually do, the exceptional performance attracts the attention […]
An Instance Of How “The Science” Is Produced: Gender Equality Edition
This post is, as they say, in the weeds. But it’s necessary for those who want to know how The Science is produced. I saw a tweet, the veracity of which I […]
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