Posted inStatistics
Academic Heresy Hunters
Did you know, dear reader, that not every person in the world believes in the Everettian (many worlds) multiverse? Shocked, aren't you. Maybe even outraged, our favorite emotion. I know…
Posted inCulture
Google Knew Exactly What They Were Doing: Models Only Do What They Are Told
So Google tried to get away with its "AI" named Gemini, which is to say its hard-coded dumb (in the medical sense) model named Gemini, substituting blacks and the occasional…
Posted inCulture
The World’s Easiest Sociological Prediction Has Been Verified
We've discussed the Expansion Team Effect many times. I'm always embarrassed to do so because it's so simple it's a truism. What's weird about it is that, presented one way,…
Posted inStatistics
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…
Posted inPhilosophy
How Failing To Butcher Your Child Became “Child Abuse”
Three females, which I believe is significant, took to the pages of the journal Pediatrics and argued that failing to have a surgeon mutilate your child (for a large fee)…
Posted inStatistics
Mask Forever, Says Experts’ Model, It Saves Lives!
Here's a question for you, brought to you by propagandists: "Could permanent masks in public become Vic policy?" And here's the headline: "Could wearing masks in public be the answer…
Posted inStatistics
The Less You Know About Climate, The More You Cry About Climate
Some things, the saying goes, are too good to check. Take the peer-reviewed paper "Environmental knowledge is inversely associated with climate change anxiety" by Hannes Zacher and Cort W. Rudolph…
Posted inFun
Top Ten Posts Of 2022
The day after Christmas is traditionally a slow one at the blog, so instead of posting something new that might get lost, lets review this past year. Well also this…
