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Sean Carroll’s “The Big Picture” Reviewed: Why “Poetic Naturalism” is an Oxymoron — Guest Post by Bob Kurland

Another version of this article first appeared at Kurland's site. Scientism, the belief that science can explain everything about the world and ourselves, is a religion, although not formally expressed…

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A Deep Philosophical Account Of Probability

Another review of Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics, this one taken from an Amazon customer. It was 7 or 8 years ago when I was sitting in…

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Don’t Be Uncertain: Buy Uncertainty!

The Restoration has begun! Participate by buying Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics. Money spent wisely I do not say revolution, but Restoration. It is past time to…

Trading Places: Aleksandr Dugin’s <em>Putin vs Putin</em> — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

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Trading Places: Aleksandr Dugin’s Putin vs Putin — Guest Post by Ianto Watt

I used to subscribed to The Jerusalem Post. Then I realized that I could get the real news a lot quicker by buying subscriptions to the NY Times and the…

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‘Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics’ Reviewed Again

The following review appeared in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (pdf). Jane Orient is the lead doc at Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, publishers of the journal.…

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Preface to Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics

The book is now at a 15% discount at Amazon (I apologize for the price). Buy today. And buy again tomorrow! This will be linked permanently on the book's official…

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Uncertainty Reviewed Again: It is such a good book, and I recommend it without reservation

Don Aitkin, author of Moving On: A Tale of the Millennium, also available here, and feted here, and reviewed here, has reviewed my Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability and…

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Why I’m Unconvinced By Penrose’s Entropy/Anthropic Argument

There are a number of "constants" used in physics, such as the speed of light, the Planck constant, elementary charge and so forth. Some of these constants are bare, meaning…

Paul Murphy on The Arrogance Of Experts As Conferred by CredentialsOctober 12, 2024
For your astonishment and amazement .. see: "The illusion of information adequacy" by Gehlbach et al on journals.plos.org Oddly, they…
Forbes on The Arrogance Of Experts As Conferred by CredentialsOctober 11, 2024
I'm fascinated with the idea that a PhD degree bestows the holder with expertise and wisdom--that is, beyond the very…
Johnno on Crime Issue Reveals the Real Source of Nation’s Political Divide — Guest Post by ST KarnickOctober 11, 2024
Eh, as many have observed, the Republican'ts of today are always yesteryear's Demonrats. Trump, Tulsi, RFK Jr. and others, all…
C. Cotterman on Crime Issue Reveals the Real Source of Nation’s Political Divide — Guest Post by ST KarnickOctober 11, 2024
Most of those who formulate and push the Democrat agenda are evil. Some are stupid. Those who think it's a…
Phileas_Frogg on The Arrogance Of Experts As Conferred by CredentialsOctober 11, 2024
The perpetual struggle between the nominal and the real once more rears it's ugly head. 99% of all philosophical disagreements…