Posted inStatistics
Help finding paper.
Two days ago a report appeared in various places announcing the results of a new paper tying malaria to "global warming." I'd like to find the paper but I haven't…
Posted inBook review Philosophy Statistics
What appeal to authority means and what it doesn’t
This article is meant to be the first is a small series of demonstrations of how not and how to argue for or against climate activism. The level of argumentation…
Posted inCulture
Some pieces you should see
Wired article on copulas Reader Scott Bury forwarded this article from Wired on the probability function that many used to quantify the risk of certain financial instruments. You can think…
Posted inStatistics
The ad I wish CATO would have run
I did not think to say this to CATO when they sent me an email requesting I sign their ad. I should have suggested this alternative, and as our Uncle…
Posted inFun
I’ve changed my mind about global warming
The CATO ad is what got me thinking. Maybe the real reason I didn't sign is because I knew that I might be wrong on global warming. And if I…
Posted inPhilosophy Statistics
The only two reasons for statistics
This short post is for reference. I will point back to it from time to time. Reason 1: to say something about the past Examples: counting seasonal numbers of wins…
Posted inStatistics
The Great Government CO2 Power Grab
The inevitable has happened. The Obama government has declared CO2---a nutrient required by plants to live, and a gas exhaled with your every breath---a pollutant. Let there be rejoicing in…
Never too old to learn
I'm at Cornell, teaching my now-annual statistics course to a group who have come up from the city and are there enrolled in a Masters program. Cornell requires students to…
