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On Nate Silver’s Predictions: Which Side Of The Probability Equation Are We On?

When I checked FiveThirtyEight.com's Senate prediction, it said "Republicans have a 72.3% chance of winning a majority." There were also words that the "probability that each party will win control…

Culture Philosophy

We Don’t Know Anything

The Appeal to Authority is not a formal fallacy, but an "informal" one, a fancy way of admitting that arguments in the form of "Because I said so" are often…

Culture Philosophy

The Consensus Fallacy

Here is the word-for-word opening in the Vox "explanatory journalism" tidbit "John Oliver shows how to debate climate deniers": That climate change is occurring, and that humans are the primary…

Philosophy

The Science-Is-Self-Correcting Fallacy

"You know my theory is true," said the grant-wielding scientist, "Because science is self-correcting." That statement is a fallacy because, of course, even supposing that science is self-correcting, there is…

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It’s Time To Lynch Those Who Deny Climate Skepticism

Let us agree with the enlightened that the world is imperfect and ought not to be. The cause of imperfection is human error which ought to be eradicated with extreme…

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Probabilities Aren’t Decisions

The title says it all. But its presence implies, and it is true, that people often mistake the two. If you decide to bet fifty bucks the USA beats Germany,…

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What That Spurious Correlation Website Tells Us About Statistics

Many (thanks!) readers sent links to Tyler Vigen's Spurious Correlations, whose motto is "Discover a new correlation - an interesting spurious correlation each day!" My favorite is tying the yearly…

Culture Philosophy

Their Science Or Ours

Jim Fedako (who wrote this piece; send him email) is a business analyst and homeschooling father of seven who lives in Lewis Center, OH. To state the obvious: Briggs is…

Maypo on Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help RequestedApril 24, 2025
I've never understood the concept of "bated breath", but count me as waiting eagerly.
bruce taylor on Class 47: Billions Of Models!April 24, 2025
There are both brain wave studies (Stanford 2024) and brain chemical studies that point to distinct differences between sexes. These…
Briggs on Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help RequestedApril 24, 2025
Maypo. Excellent question, and one we cover starting next week, if you don't mind waiting. Quick answer: it ain't easy.
Maypo on Let Go Your Wee P! — Reader Help RequestedApril 24, 2025
Hey Dr. Briggs, I think I generally follow your arguments and agree with them. What I am struggling with is,…
hudbwu on A New Physics Arises: Irreducible by Federico Faggin ReviewedApril 24, 2025
I've been trying to post this for a day or two, and it's been failing. Let's see if it'll work…