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Happy New Year!
Predictions for 2017 and how we did in 2016 will commence tomorrow. For now, lie to us and tell us of your resolutions.
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How’d We Do On Our 2016 Predictions?
This was an interesting year because we had a general dichotmous proposition of interest to many; or rather, two. Who would win the (Republican) primary and who would win the…
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The Politicization Of Science Organizations: The Firing Of Michael Lubell
What might pass for a small item reveals much about the state of science, and in particular about science organizations. The stately American Physical Society, a political-scientific, or scientific-political, or…
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Scott Adams’s Climate Science Challenge
Scott Adams's Climate Science Challenge is of interest---thanks to reader Francsois for bringing it to our attention---because of his name-brand recognition. Here is the gist: So today's challenge is to…
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Some Statistics On What The Sexual Rebellion Wraught
I'm always complaining of statistics gone awry, but a constant diet of bad news can lead to bad things, like a desire to listen to NPR or to use PowerPoint.…
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Russia As Salvation Of The West: Part II — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
Read Part I. Let's get down to work. Let's back up a long way and see where the initial error was made in calculating the supposed real purpose of the…
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Mathematical Association of America Reviews Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics
William J. Satzer at the Mathematical Association of America reviewed Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics. Here it is (ellipsis below original). This is a book about probability…
